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Please note: Due to the reenactment weekend our public tours will be canceled on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
2010 Reenactment Weekend
West Point’s Constitution Island and the Constitution Island Association will host its annual Reenactment Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, 21 and 22 August, 2010, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day. 100 uniformed troops representing the American Revolution and the Civil War will perform an array of activities to include: tactical weapon demonstrations, inspections, formations, musket firings, artillery demonstrations, camp life, and drills. The event will feature non-stop activities depicting General George Washington’s efforts to defend Fort Constitution and Fortress West Point over the course of the American Revolution. Additionally, this year’s event will include a Civil War camp to offer a preview of the Sesquicentennial of the bloodiest of America’s wars.
Constitution Island’s Caretaker Roddy MacLeod wants to welcome members of the West Point and Highland Falls communities to one of his favorite weekends of Constitution Island’s calendar. COL (Ret.) Jim Johnson, the Military Historian of the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, a sponsor of the weekend, thinks that “you will enjoy the chance to celebrate Fort Constitution’s role in the American Revolution as part of Fortress West Point–what General Washington called the Key of America–and to remember New York’s pivotal role in the Civil War.”
Boats depart West Point’s South Dock at 10:15, 11:15 a.m. and 12:15, 1:15, and 2:15 p.m. and depart the island on the half hour until 4:00 p.m. You can also catch a bus at the south end of the Cold Spring Metro-North Train Station. Chalet on the Hudson will “man the grills” and offer for purchase sausage & peppers, hotdogs, burgers, snacks, and drinks. Boat reservations are not required. It is suggested you get “on board” early. Suggested donation tickets – adults $10; children & seniors $5; and children under six and West Point Cadets free.
2010 Reenactment Schedule
SATURDAY, August 21, 2010
10:30 A.M. American Revolutionary and Civil War Cannon Demonstration (Marine Battery and Point)
11:00 A.M. Formation, Inspection, and Drill
11:30 A.M. American Revolution and Civil War Infantry and Artillery Drill and Firing Demonstration
Noon: Nooning
1:00 P.M. Formation, Inspection, and American Revolutionary Tactical Weapons Demonstrationl
2:00 P.M. Civil War Tactical Artillery and Infantry Weapons Demonstration
2:30 P.M. American Revolutionary and Civil War Cannon Demonstration (Marine Battery and Point)
3:00 P.M. Soldiers and their Ladies of New York
4:30 P.M. Retreat
SUNDAY, August 22, 2010
10:30 A.M. American Revolutionary and Civil War Cannon Demonstration (Marine Battery and Point)
11:00 A.M. Formation, Inspection, and Drill
11:30 A.M. American Revolution and Civil War Infantry and Artillery Drill and Firing Demonstration
Noon: Nooning
1:00 P.M. Formation, Inspection, and American Revolutionary Tactical Weapons Demonstration
2:00 P.M. Civil War Tactical Artillery and Infantry Weapons Demonstration
2:30 P.M. American Revolutionary and Civil War Cannon Demonstration (Marine Battery and Point)
3:00 P.M. Soldiers and their Ladies of New York
4:00 P.M. Retreat
