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September 18--19, 2010 Major Reenactment and Living history of "The Battle of Windy Knoll" at The Alta Vista Bison Farm in Rutland, Ma. There will be battles on both afternoons. Military, civilian, vendors, farm stores on site. Parking is $10.00 per car. This is sponsored by The New England Brigade, 12th Georgia Co. F & Dave Gallagher at luft1221@hotmail.com. For informatioon Matt Burbank at Itdan25th@yahoo.com or check http://twelvega.tripod.comid34.html

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AUGUST 7 & 8, 2010 will be The Hitchcock Academy and 10th Mass Civil War Encampment - "The Battle of Brimfield:" at Heart-o-the-Mart 37 Palmer Road Brimfield, Ma. Registration is $5.00 or Walkons are $8.00 deadline for Reeanctors is July 1, 2010 For information and details contact 10th Mass-Thomas Harrington@gettytom63@aol.com or write to Sue Gregory at PO Box 155 Brimfield, Ma. 01010-0155 or Sue Gregory at sue@hitchcockacademy.org or 413-245-9977 or their website www.hitchcockacademy.org Their plans are to repeat this in 2012 and 2014 as part of The Civil War Sesquicentennial.

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June 27, 2010 to July 3, 2010....The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College will be doing a Seminar on "The Election and Characters of 1860" featuring (among many others) Dennis Frye and Craig Symonds and Harold Holtzer and hang on a second (YES) also ED BEARSS!!!! There will be Tours and this is being done for the benefit of Scholarships to our youngsters.Email: civilwar@gettysburg.edu or write to Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College Campus Box 435 at 300 North Washington Street Gettysburg, PA. 17325 or call (717) 337-6590. All prices vary for rooms accomodations

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On March 20, 2010 at Doubletree Hotel in Milford from 6-11 p.m. is The 32nd Mass. GRAND REIEW featuring Barbara Pugliese and The Vintage Dancers and The Camp Lincoln String Band. Period Dress is required and Tickets are $40.00 by March 10, 2010 payable to The 32nd Mass. Checks should be sent to Jim Dunne 60 Ramshorn Rd. Dudley, Ma. 01571 and please indicate Schrod or Chicken as your meal choice. For details or more information call 508-949-0084 or email jdunne0084@charter.net

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The Attleboro GOP is sponsoring a Three Show "President Lincoln's Dinner Celebration" on Saturday March 13, 2010. Go to their website www.attleborogop.com for details, costs, and litttle known facts about Lincoln.

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"THERE'S A MEETING HERE TONIGHT" which is the story of The Hutchinson Family Singers from Revels at 4:00 p.m on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at the Arsenal Center for The Arts 321 Arsenal St. Watertown, Ma. 02472 Call 617-972-8300 Tickets are 420.00 Adults and $12.00 Children go to www.revels.org.......................

I was one of about 300 seekers of the Arts that attended this afternoon's perfotrmance of this wonderful group, and was totally and completely thrilled at the music and dancing and how they strung these together with the historical accuracy of what was happening in this country and how it was reflected through the music of this troupe of singers that set a historic precedent. For those of you who are not familiar with The Hutchinson Family Singers, then briefly here is their story. They were a family of four of Milford, N.H.'s finest. They began with John, Judson, and Asa Hutchinson and their sister Abby who formed the original group and sang in four part harmony which was unknown at that time except in very special arenas of music. They became known after singing in the Northeast, Middle Atlantic, and even the South. They sang the lyrics of Stephen Foster,. George Root, and many others including Negro Spirituals. After meeting with people like P.T. Barnum and Frederick Douglass, they began to move their music into the Anti-Slavery and Women's Suffrage and Temperance Movements. In some places, they were greatly hated for their involvement in areas that were becoming hotbeds of passion on both sides. This program begins by telling the story of P.T. Barnum's retirement from "show business" and their dedication to telling his story and the story of America from 1840 to The Civil War and beyond. The Hutchinson Family Singers would evolve in their later years to two different groups known as The Tribe of Jesse and The Tribe of Asa using the children and the grandchildren. If you know enough about them, you will see that they were the precursor to the 1960s Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Peter, Paul, & Mary, and Bob Dylan, and many others. Hopefully, during the Cvil War Sesquicentennial, if funding can be found, this organizatioon will sponsor them at another performance. Definitely check out their website to catch other great performances that they do.

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