Friday 6/11/2010

Boy Scouts, Re-enactors and Tradesmen will show start to arrive around 3:30. They will sign in at the farmhouse and receive the location of the campsite. The groups will drop-off camping gear at the campsite, cooking gear at the designated cooking areas (3 total), and pioneering poles/ropes to the pioneering area. All cars will go to remote parking, where buses will shuttle drivers back to the SPL Farm. Note: Buses will operate from 4PM to 9 PM, shuttling between parking and the SPL farmhouse.

Service hours will be provided for Boy Scouts that help setting up the MinuteCub area, pitching tarps, placing targets and running errands.

Each Troop runs separate meals from the Common cooking areas, keeping in mind the Scouts working Cooking Merit Badge. The Tomahawk range will be open after Dinner. Surveying will be available after dinner, as well as American Heritage and Citizenship of the Nation group discussions.

Saturday 6/12/2010

Last minute Boy Scouts, Re-enactors and Tradesmen arrive, sign in, setup and remove transportation to remote parking location. Breakfast is a Troop event – keep it simple. The Flag raising ceremony will take place at 8 AM on the Battlefield. Boy Scout Merit Badges start at 8:30 AM. The (3) Merit Badge classes change after lunch so that two large groups of Scouts can work on the Merit Badges.

Cub Scouts and families will start arriving at 8 AM. The same procedure will be followed – sign in, drop off gear at the SPL farmhouse, setup in designated areas, and move cars. Buses will run between the parking areas and the SPL Farm throughout the day, loaded in the early AM and evening PM.
There will be activities to keep the Cubs busy for the morning sign in period, with the help of Boy Scout volunteers. They will be formed into Regiments to kick off the day at 9:30 AM Opening Ceremony.

There are 8 major activities or rotations: (3) Colonial villages, tomahawks, marching, Cannons and Mohawks, Games and Freedom is not Free. There are (4) morning rotations, bagged lunch, followed by (4) afternoon rotations.

After the completion of the MinuteCub rotations, during the mid-afternoon, a full-scale battle will take place between the British Regulars and the Continental Line. This should be quite loud, smelly and exciting. This event is open to all Scouts and families. All Scouts and guests must stay behind the safety rope.

Following the Battle, the MinuteCub Regiments and Boy Scouts will form ranks for a rather large MARSHMALLOW FOOD FIGHT, as coordinated by the Continental Line Drill Instructors.
Those Cub Scouts not spending the night are free to sign out with parents, receive a pass for Sunday and go home any time after the Marshmallow Food Fight. Or, they can join the Cub Scouts for a hot meal prepared Colonial Style by the Boy Scouts.

There is time to explore the encampments and Boy Scout Pioneering area after evening meal.
The evening ends with a 100th Anniversary Celebration and Campfire. Guest speakers include Colonel Tom, Doctor Benjamin Franklin, General George Washington and others (the list is growing). There will be fife and drum music, music by the Jolley Rogues and group songs. This promises to be a memory maker. This will be followed by a Cracker Barrel and Taps. Buses will run until 10:30 PM for the convenience of those returning home.

Sunday 6/13/2010

Reveille and Breakfast are early, keep it simple. From 8 to 9AM we will have Church Services and a quiet period. Exploration by the Cub Scouts follows under the supervision of their various unit leaders. Boy Scouts working on Cit Nation or American Heritage Merit Badges will attend group discussions. Lunch is at 12 noon – again keep it simple.

A second full scale battle will occur at 1:30, followed by a closing ceremony.
After that, we break camp, clean up the area and head home. Buses will run between 8 AM and 5 PM for the convenience of everyone.