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Snowshoe Rangers at the Wentworth House
January 13 - January 14
Experience the frontier in winter!
Step back in time and meet Captain John Harmon’s Snowshoe Company of Rangers, a group of historical reenactors who portray the soldiers who patrolled the New England frontier during the 1740s and 1750s.
SATURDAY: January 13 from 10 am to 4 pm
SUNDAY: January 14 from 10 am to 2 pm
Admission is $5 for adults; the event is FREE for children and ARCH members.
Visitors may also tour the Wentworth House; warm up by the hearth and watch food being prepared in 18th century fashion; and experience other aspects of winter life in colonial New England.
Snowshoe companies were formed to patrol the colonial frontier during the long winters and protect the northern settlements from attack by the French and their Native American allies.
Members of Harmon’s Company will be in residence at the Wentworth House and will demonstrate winter camp craft, the use of flintlock muskets and traditional snowshoes, and the clothing, equipment and tactics used by the frontier militia.