MORRIS TWP. – The national Park Service will host its annual encampment weekend on Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23.
Saturday and Sunday Encampment Schedule is as follows:
• 10 a.m., camp opens. Meet the soldier re-enactors and camp followers as they drill, prepare food and talk about how they survived the “Hard Winter.”
• 11 a.m., Weapons Inspection and Firing Demonstration: Inspection of the re-enactors’ muskets prior to a demonstration in Continental Army maneuvers.
• 11:30 a.m., Kid’s Drill: Children can become new recruits and try their hands at the musket drill under the watchful eye of the drill sergeant at the Wick House.
• 1 p.m., Military Drill and Demonstration: Hear the crack of the musket as re-enactors demonstrate Continental Army maneuvers.
• 1:30 p.m. Kid’s Drill: Kids can become new recruits and try their hands at the musket drill under the watchful eye of the drill sergeant at the Wick House.
• 2 p.m.. Re-enactors Competition Games: Watch as re-enactors compete with each other in two 18th century games.
• 2:30 p.m.. 18th Century Games open to visitors: Take a turn in playing the games re-enactors played.
• 3 p.m., Military Drill and Demonstration: Hear the crack of the musket as re-enactors demonstrate Continental Army maneuvers.
• 3:30 p.m., Saturday only in the Visitor’s Center. Author Jeff Finegan Sr. gives a presentation based on his two books, “Colonel Washington and Me” and “‘Tis Well,” which focus on the life of George Washington as seen through the eyes of his slave, William Lee and physician James Craik. Meet in the Visitor Center.
• 3:30 p.m., Sunday only Kid’s Drill: Kids can become new recruits and try their hands at the musket drill under the watchful eye of the drill sergeant at the Wick House.
• 4 p.m., Camp closes
There will be ongoing activities throughout the day from10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Participating re-enacting groups include the 2nd New Jersey Regiment and others.