Muster Day - May 17th, Olde Sturbridge Village; Rockport Quarries - June 1st

Hi folks,

Now that spring and the fine weather are here, I was thinking of suggesting one or two photo events. One is a trip to the granite quarries in Rockport. Since attending the Chapters on a Quarry Wall exhibit last January, I thought wouldn't it be great to visit the quarries in spring and photograph them in all their resplendent glory! Especially now when ferns, mosses and leaves start peeping out of the rock crevices, it would be wonderful to capture them at this time of year. I was thinking Sunday, June 1st. If anyone is interested, let me know and I will post it on the calendar.

Also, another interesting event coming up this Saturday is Muster Day at Sturbridge Village. This is more of an impromptu suggestion as the forecast originally wasn't that great. However, now that it's improved (showers before 10am, sunny for the rest of the day), I plan on going. Admission is $20 but I can get people a 25% discount - which would bring it to $15. So, if anyone is interested, let me know. I plan to be at the entrance gate at 10am.

Muster Day
Saturday, May 17

Share in the excitement of a re-created early New England Muster Day, where the sounds of muskets and fifes & drums fill the air. For this event, OSV welcomes the 1812 Marine detachment from the U.S.S. Constitution in Boston.

Marines from the U.S.S. Constitution join our militia troops in drilling and firing muskets on the Common. Visitors can tour the Marine campsite and learn about their artillery during several cannon demonstrations. But be prepared: the group is passing through Sturbridge -- as Marines would have in the early nineteenth century, looking for recruits -- and they might try to sign you up.

In contrast, the hometown militia is drawn from the local citizenry, and comes together infrequently when mustered -- or called together for drilling -- perhaps just once or twice a year. Visitors are invited to march and drill with the militia, to try on a knapsack and cartridge box, and to make a militia hat to wear and then take home. They can learn about the mystery of the "striped pig" -- pay a nickel to step inside the tent and find out what early New Englanders could expect then, during an era of temperance -- and stop by the gingerbread booth on the Common.

See a detailed listing of the day's events.

http://osv.org/activi...