The Lexington Training Band will be sponsoring a Revolutionary War event at Oak Grove Farm in Millis, Massachusetts on October 15-17, 2010. Composed of approximately 150 acres of open fields, swamps, trails, cleared woods and period structures, the site is ideal for a Revolutionary War encampment. Millis is a very reenactor friendly town and has hosted several Civil War encampments and battle reenactments over the past decade. The town is located in Southeastern Massachusetts approximately fifteen (15) miles south of Framingham.
The event has been sanctioned by the Northern Department of the Continental Line. Co-Sponsors of this event will be His Majesty’s 10th Regiment of Foot and the 2nd Massachusetts Regiment.
This event will encompass a 1778 “what-if scenario” of an action between American troops advancing to support the ongoing Rhode Island campaign and British troops foraging northward into Massachusetts. Both forces will collide at Oak Grove Farm, located near Richardson’s Tavern. Once located along the post road, Richardson’s Tavern served as an inn and tavern from 1720 through the early 1800s. It is believed the tavern hosted General Washington in 1775 as he rode north to assume command of the American army outside Boston and General Lafayette in 1820 when he returned to the United States. 
Activities for the weekend will include two public battles, a tactical, patrols and an evening tavern sponsored by the Lexington Training Band. Usual amenities will be provided and every effort will be undertaken to ensure participants will enjoy their stay in Millis, Massachusetts. Invitations are expected to be sent to member and applicant units of the Continental Line and British Brigade.
For further information, please feel free to contact Alex Cain, Lexington Training Band, 85 Church Street, Merrimac, MA 01860, Mass1775@msn.com, (978) 346-0629
Lexington Minutemen web site
Oak Grove Farm House: Circa 1750, 410 Exchange St., Millis, Massachusetts 02054
410 Exchange St.