"100 Years on the Ohio River"
(1765 to 1865 timeline)

2008 PARTICIPANT INFORMATION:

Participants  should email

with questions about the event if they are not answered here.

We are hosting a re-enactor meal on Saturday evening.  It is provided by "His Lordship's Beef" and is partly subsidized by Riverside so we need to know numbers in advance.  Please email us with the number of meal tickets that you'd like to reserve and who will be paying for them.  We must have these reservations by June 7th, 2008.  Cost $3

Setup for participants will begin Friday June 13.  We ask that everyone have camps ready for visitors by 9 am Saturday morning and that all non period correct items are hidden from public view during the entire weekend.  Hours for the public are 10am to 5pm both days.

Camps will be laid off according to historical period so if you're not with a unit or group just find the people that look most like you.  .Firewood and water are available.  You may dig fire pits with the understanding that we'll try to put everything back before we leave.

Participants are welcome to engage in blanket trading $15.  If you have a skill that you demonstrate, please feel free to show the public. 

SAFETY MEASURES
Weapons will be inspected as soon as possible following event registration.  Inspected weapons will be identified by a ribbon tied around the trigger guard or other suitable part of the gun.  Participants are responsible for getting inspected and insuring that their weapon is identified as "safe".  No weapon will be allowed in tacticals or on parade without this ribbon.  Hammerstalls and flashguards are recommended for flintlocks.  All weapons should have a safe half-cock position.  Rammers should be marked to show an empty barrel.  NO POWDERHORNS SHOULD CONTAIN POWDER.  Loading must be done by cartridge.  Shooting bags for carrying cartridges MUST have a flap to keep sparks out.  Do not bring cartridges  loaded with powder AND ball on site at all....not even for demonstration.  No ramming of wadding at all is permitted.  In fact, rammers should ONLY be used for safety inspections.  All edged/pointed weapons should be covered with a sheath.

All re-enactors participating in demonstations/tacticals must be a member of a unit and will form up with their unit and go through a unit safety inspection BEFORE taking the field.  Unit commanders are responsible for their respective unit's inspections.  No firing is permitted in camp.

If you are NOT a member of permanently organized military unit that is affiliated with a national organization, please join one so we all know that our fellow re-enactors are following accepted practices with regard to safety and battlefield proceedures.

Campfires should be located at least eight feet from flammable materials.  Each camp should have a fire bucket and a blanket near fires.