America’s Hometown Historic Village
We invite you to step back into yesteryear by visiting America’s Hometown Historic Village located on the Plymouth waterfront – where history comes to life. Reenactment units will set up encampment and are eager to share their passion for history. Come meet the many lively and colorful characters from Patriots to Pirates, who will be singing, weaving stories and spinning yarns from America’s all but forgotten past. Plan on afternoon of fun and festivities for the whole family.
Sam Grant as General Ulysses S. Grant & Julia Marin as Mrs. Julia Dent Grant:
AHTC is honored to welcome General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife on their magnificent horses to our Grand Parade and Historic Village. A highly acclaimed academic and motivational speaker, film producer and United States veteran, Sam has dedicated the last twenty years of his life to understanding, portraying and honoring Ulysses S. Grant. His inspiring and informative visits are entirely first person and all audiences that have engaged him in the past have left with the overwhelming feeling that they have experienced the true General Grant, up close and personal, as history should be. Visit Sam's websites for further information www.usgrant.org and www.oldcitypoint.com
TESTIMONIALS: The words of just a few people he has touched through his engagements.
"Visitors were certainly impressed with his authenticity and attention to detail. It is certainly "living history" at its best. I would recommend the General to anyone seeking a unique window into the past. “
Jim O'Brien Program Coordinator of Special Events Old Sturbridge Village
“You felt like you might be called to arms yourself. The feeling of an uncomfortable hero was in every fiber of the very detailed and well crafted talk the General delivered about the closing days of the Civil War.. Tom Daly, the Curator of Education Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA
Captain William Kidd
Free Men of the Sea
Neal Kirk
East Hampton, CT
fmos@comcast.net
Free Men of the Sea is a pirate living history/entertainment organization based out of East Hampton, Connecticut. Free Men of the Sea is celebrating its 20th year of bringing the golden age of piracy to life. This band of rouges travel throughout the East Coast and Canada providing education and entertainment on tall ships, or on land via weapons demonstrations, encampments, and singing sea shanties. These pirates provide presentations for all ages. Free Men of the Sea have participated in documentaries, movies and history consulting for such organizations as the History Channel, A&E and Turner Broadcasting, Mystic Seaport, and the New England Pirate Museum. Free Men of the Sea looks forward to sailing into your port bringing history to life!
22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
The original 22nd Massachusetts was organized in 1861 by Senator and later Vice-President Henry Wilson. Made up primarily of men from Boston, the 22nd fought in some of the most grueling battles of the Civil War including Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Today’s 22nd Massachusetts is one of the largest Civil War reenactment companies in New England. Their members hail mostly from Plymouth County and the Cape.
Contact: Patrick Brown,
Plymouth Ma
patricktib@verizon.net
Colonial Village Blacksmith
Dean Rantz
Middleboro, MA
rockvillageforge@juno.com
Dean Rantz has been a “Practicing Blacksmith” since 1982. He operates, Rock Village Forge in Middleborough, Mass. Using ‘traditional tools’ and’ techniques’. He creates and recreates ‘Hand forged’-Iron work, specializing in ‘restoration hardware’. Mr. Rantz received his Bachelor of Fine-Arts Degree in Art History and Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art.
He can be seen demonstrating his craft at historical societies, house museums, colonial reenactments harvest fairs and festivals throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Some of his restoration work has been done at historical places such as the Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Mass., The Brown House in Providence. R.I., The Shirley Eustis House in Roxbury/Boston, Mass, The Job Lane House in Bedford, Mass, The Harlow and Hedge houses-Plymouth Antiquarian Society in Plymouth, Mass., The Golden Ball Tavern in Weston, Mass. and The Thayer House Braintree, Mass. Mr. Rantz is also a member of ‘Knox Artillery’ a ‘Revolutionary-war reenactment group’.
His Majesty’s 10th Regiment of Foot American Contingent
Lt Col Paul Shaughnessy
Contact: Winston Stone
Lexington, Ma
www.redcoat.org
His Majesty’s Tenth Regiment of Foot is an authentic re-creation of the regiment that fought on Lexington Green at the start of the American Revolution. The unit was formed in 1968 to celebrate the Bicentennial and each Patriots Day can be seen on Lexington Green. Based in Lexington, Massachusetts, the unit participates in educational demonstrations and re-enactments of battles from Canada to the Carolinas and maintains close ties with its ancestor regiment in the UK. With companies of Grenadiers, Light Infantry and Music, the Tenth Regiment is always looking for Loyal Gentlemen to take up arms in defense of His Majesty King George, and can be located on the web at www.redcoat.org
A Different spin- Circus Act
http://www.adifferentspin.net
A Different Spin is a circus and fire arts performance troupe . They are best known for their truly amazing fire show which features 30-minutes of whirling flames & four person torch juggling,all choreographed to intense, high-energy music.
When not spinning fire, they entertain with their highly-engaging circus arts variety show, featuring juggling, glass-walking, acrobatics, comedy, audience participation and much more.
The New England Brigade
Liberty, Union, Now and Forever
Doug Ozelius
Plymouth, Ma
http://newenglandbrigade.org
The New England Brigade is comprised of many different Civil War living history groups from all over the region. Our purpose is to assist New England communities who wish to host reenactments and educational programs to commemorate the 150th anniversary of American Civil War, 1861-1865.
