Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

[Jeremy Bevard]

An event living history at Fort Wayne, Detroit is in the works for next year on July 27-29, 2012. This will be a semi-immersion living history but first person will be required of participants. The Fort will be open to the public and the LH will be advertised to the public for the 28th with tours available.

The impression will be the 5th Michigan Co. A who were the Sherlock Guards and were from the Wolverine Firehouse #3 in Detroit in 1861. Yup, the first 151st Anniversary event!

Please put this on your calendar to help us make this original Fort come alive.

We hosted an event there last year (Disaffected in Canada) and received many compliments and rave reviews for those that participated. This event started because of request to do another.

If you went to the event last year do not think you will be coming back to the same thing. We have many things planned all based on primary accounts.

A website and more info will be out soon.

[Hairy Nation Boys]

Re: Fort Wayne LH July 27-29, 2012

I had a great time last year and look forward to this event.

[JEBminnesota]

Re: Fort Wayne LH July 27-29, 2012

Putting it on the calendar

[Jeremy Bevard]

Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Fort Wayne Living History: Sherlock Guards

Date: July 27-29, 2012 From Friday late evening through mid-day Sunday
Location: Historic Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan
Hosts: Jeremy Bevard, Tom Steele, Sam Lowe from the Sally Port Mess
Event Contact: jeremybevard@sbcglobal.net
Website: http://www.sallyportmess.itgo.com/sh...uardshome.html
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=...06448742719035
Registration: Open http://www.sallyportmess.itgo.com/5t...istration.html
Impression: Military: 5th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Company A the Sherlock Guards
Civilian: Limited roles for Citizens of Detroit which are still being worked out. Lodging would be in tents and possibly an 1880’s home.

Please see the website for additional details and historical information. There will be money raised by the registration fee and activities at the event for preservation of Fort Wayne.

[Andy Ackeret]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Jeremy,

I had a great time at the event you and the other fellows organized at Ft. Wayne last year, "Disaffected in Canada."

Garrison duty, at an original site, is hard to beat. Once you're in the fort, it is easy to forget that you're in Detroit!

For preservation, with extensive research done beforehand, it had all the elements that we should expect out of our events.

I look forward to this offering next year!

-Andy Ackeret

[Jeremy Bevard]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Just a bump that registration is open. The cost of registration is $25.00 or $26.50 with paypal. The registration form can be mailed or sent via e-mail.** Fee covers rations and at least a $5 donation to Historic Fort Wayne Coalition and/or sponsoring of the first 5th Michigan National Battle flag through the Save the Flags program.

[Jeremy Bevard]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

A reminder that registration is open. Register early to the events you plan to attend next year in show of support of the organizers.

[Jeremy Bevard]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Get those registrations in for the rest of your events for 2012!

[Michael Comer]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

I'd like to come up to this. Guess I'll check out the mileage and the calendar and see what is happening around then. Too bad I can't take in a ballgame while I'm up there though.

[Rmhisteach]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Mike,
It is about 5 hours for me and I am about 6 hours from you . I would go withya from my place

RM

[Michael Comer]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Having someone to ride with and share the cost would certainly help Rod.

[cwpilgrim]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Registration and payment sent.

[Jeremy Bevard]

Re: Fort Wayne LH: Sherlock Guards July 27-29, 2012 website

Here is a link to a few pictures taken at the event in 2010 at Historic Fort Wayne, Disaffected in Canada.

http://historicfortwaynecoalition.co...ffected10.html

Here are some general site photos on the event website for Sherlock Guard LH.

http://sallyportmess.itgo.com/5thmic...itephotos.html

The Officer quarters may be in a different location then pictured. The hope now is they will be housed at an "Inn" in "Springwells Township" just outside the Fort walls. This is more accurate for the history of the place as Officers were in houses or riverboats outside the Fort walls. The "Inn" will likley be in the Span Am era guardhouse.
http://www.historicfortwaynecoalitio...rdhouse24.html

Here is the link to the registration page again!
http://sallyportmess.itgo.com/5thmic...istration.html