The First Pennsylvania Regiment

10/06/2026

Ladies and Gentlemen,

As previously discussed, Saturday Oct. 17 and Sunday Oct. 18 we will be attending an event at Old Baker Farm. Sean Baker is hosting, and he is the commander of the Waldeck Jaeger Regiment that serves as the opposition force on the 4th of July.

Duration:
The event will take place on Saturday and Sunday. This will be an overnight encampment. We are allowed to set up on Friday afternoon or evening. We will break camp on Sunday afternoon. Camps need to be set up, and vehicles removed no later than 9:00 Saturday morning. Everyone is welcome to just come for the day events and not encamp.

Activities:
We will demonstrate camp life of the Continental soldiers. Undoubtedly, the Captain will want to drill the company. There we be a battle on both Saturday and Sunday.

Logistics:
Meal tickets are provided to all participants for lunch at the commissary. The tickets can be used for dinner instead if you want. We need to plan on breakfast Saturday and Sunday, and dinner on Saturday. Of course, you are welcome to being whatever food you wish for snacks and meals. We also need to provide our own cartridges. Firewood is provided.

Uniform Notes:
Regimentals are preferred but hunting shirts are more than welcome.

Attendance:
I hope to see as many of you there as can make it. Please let me know how many are attending so I can communicate that number to Shawn and he can plan accordingly.

Chris

08/26/2026

Anyone else familiar with this book. I apologize if it's been posted before.

08/17/2026

Here is proof the Major can laugh at himself. Yes, it's still true.

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08/15/2026

Ladies and Gentlemen,



I hope this letter finds everyone well and in good spirits. Again, I want to express my gratitude for everyone’s participation of July 4th.



I am also late in offering congratulations to Michael Martin. He was named 2026 Alabama History Teacher of the year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute. It is obvious to all who spend any time with him his passion and dedication to his teaching. This is a well-deserved honor, and it is a privilege to have him with us.



If everyone is agreeable, I want to meet on the first Saturday of September (Sept. 5). We will meet at the village, though which building is yet to be determined. We will discuss upcoming events and any other pertinent matters. It is Labor Day weekend so, if this is a problem, let me know and we can probably move it.

Other dates are our Oct. 17-18 encampment at Old Baker Farm, Nov. 10 Veteran's Day Dinner, and Dec. 5 Christmas gathering.

Nov. 10 Veteran's Day dinner.

As of now I have Michael Araiza, Cade McCool, Micghale Martin, Shaner Lee and his wife Deborah. We will be at a table with two other Village employees. Please let me know if this needs to change.

Chris

07/20/2026

Picked up an interesting piece of history recently. Although it is dated after the war, 1789, it has the signature of two individuals that played major roles during the war, in particular, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The document, a deed for the sale of a 10-acre parcel from Jacob and Elizabeth Snevely from Leacock township, to Henery Eaby was witnessed by no other than Adam Hubley and Jacob Dickert. An incredible find indeed.

07/17/2026

https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entries/jacob-dickert/ Great article on a great man!

Biography of Jacob Dickert by Scott Paul Gordon

07/11/2026

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Words cannot express my gratitude and admiration for the work all of you did over July 3rd and 4th. We have been together a number of years now, and this is the most I have ever asked of you. You conducted yourselves with dedication, pride, and enthusiasm. I am proud of what we, but mostly all of you, have accomplished. Most historians and reenactors only dream about leading such an organization. I am truly blessed by the presence of each and everyone of you.

Checks should be processed next week. I will get your pay to you as soon as possible.

A few notes regarding upcoming events:

According to the schedule published in January, we are supposed to meet on September 12. I would still like to meet, though the agenda is yet to be decided.

We also have an event Oct. 17-18 at Old Baker Farm. They are holding a Frontier Days like event. I will provide more details as we get closer.

November 10, Veterans’ Day Dinner, Color Guard.

December 12, Christmas dinner at the Village. We MAY move this to December 5 if everyone wants to. Let me know.

Would everyone like to get together in August for an informal gathering, perhaps a road trip or a cookout?

A topic I want to discuss is our participation in some of the Gulf coast events. There were no Continental Army units there, but we could perhaps do Spanish militia. Galvez did have a small contingent of American volunteers.

Again, thank you all for your devotion and friendship. They mean more than you will ever know.

Chris Long

07/08/2026

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The Third Waldeck Regiment arrived in New York in October 1776 along with the Second Division of troops from Hessen-Kassel. Its commanding officer, Johann Ludwig Wilhelm von Hanxleden (c. 1736–1781…