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Gents,



I have finally been able to set the date for next years Camp of Instruction for the Chesapeake Volunteer Guard.


COI will be held April 11-13, 2008 at Fort Washington, MD. The fort is easy to find off of the Beltway around DC, and sits right on the Potomac River.


Fort Washington was completed in 1809 and guarded the Nation’s Capital until it was destroyed by its own garrison in 1814. Twelve days later Major Pierre L’Enfant was sent to construct new defenses but worked on the fort for only a brief period before Lieutenant Colonel Walker K. Armistead replaced him. The fort was completed on October 2, 1824. Extensive remodeling was performed in the 1840s and the first guns were mounted in 1846.


We are able to use the Enlisted Barracks, the Officer's Barracks and the Casemate Ovens as well as full run of the grounds.



We will be portraying 1859 Militia- this is so you can dress to impress and have fun with it. Blue Frocks, Gray Frocks, Shell's, Civilian Sacks, Frocks, Tailcoats, Overshirts, jsut shirt sleeves all apply. Everyone has this impression. (Be fun to see some top hats and tri corns scattered amoungst the ranks) Tips on how to pull together something cheap and easy will be oposted on the web site.



We also will be hiring "local" ladies to come help prepare meals for the officers and the men will have cooking details.



We are honored be inviting folks to come out and fall in with us for the weekend, and if you know of anyone looking for a good drill weekend, please pass this along.


Registration and all important information will be posted in the next few weeks at www.chesapeakevolunteerguard.org