Rev250 Redcoats and Rebels - Old Sturbridge Village 2026
Redcoats and Rebels brings one of New England's largest Revolutionary War encampments to Old Sturbridge Village for a single weekend each summer. On August 1 and 2, 2026, more than five hundred reenactors from nearly forty units marched, drilled, cooked, mended and fought across the Village's two hundred acres. What follows below are my images from Saturday the 1st.
A Modern Garden Cart of Camp Gear for the Eighteenth-Century Camp
Final Adjustments for the Young Drummer
Drummer Waiting Among the Company
A Costumed Interpreter Photographs the Marching Column on His Phone
A Highland Soldier Watches the Troops
Red-Coated Guest
Old Woman in an 1830s Cap and Pelerine
On the Shaded Path
A Reenactor Works His Flintlock After the Shot
A Crown Forces Interpreter From the 10th Regiment of Foot Smiles after the Skirmish
Down the Tent Line
Sixty Years Apart: an 1830s Militia Interpreter and a Redcoat Side by Side
Boys in Stars-and-Stripes T-Shirts Meeting an Interpreter
Visitors in Stars-and-Stripes Overalls Line the Picket Fence
Ears Covered Along the Fence as the Gun Crew Prepare the Field Piece
Continental Officer Leads the Column Across the Field
Continentals Closed Up Shoulder to Shoulder, Sharing a Laugh
Women and Children Foraging
Starting a Paper Cartridge into a Flintlock Muzzle
Upright Flintlocks in the Ranks as Smoke Drifts Along the Treeline
Leveling Flintlocks Across the Rail Fence
Shouldered Muskets at the Rail Fence as the Lines Engage
Muskets Upright, Redcoats Gathered Under the Union Jack
A Cocked Hat Among the Ball Caps: Spectators Watching from the Rope Line
British Regulars Level Their Muskets at the Edge of the Corn
An Officer Carries His Spontoon at the Head of the Column
Ranks Pressed Close Under Shouldered Flintlocks
A Smile in the Ranks: Reenactors on the March with Shouldered Flintlocks
Officer Leads a Continental Column In, Bayonet Fixed
Fifers Play While a Visitor Photographs Them on His Phone
A Boy Writing at a Camp Desk Under Canvas
Helping with the Stays
A Drink at the Woodpile in an 1830s Straw Top Hat
Children Standing in Line with the Rattlesnake Flag
A Pensive Interpreter Waits in the Encampment