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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Wilderness Woman[/i] [br]Today I attended my 9th 225th Rev. War Battle Commemoration re-enactment. It took place in Livingston County, New York, nestled deep in Seneca country near Conesus Lake. It was the 225th Anniversary of the torture and massacre of Lt. Thomas Boyd and Sgt. Michael Parker. These men were part of a scouting party sent by Gen. Sullivan to locate the Genesee Castle (Indian village), as part of the Sullivan Expedition against the Iroquois Nations. Their party was ambushed by the Native and Loyalist forces and Boyd and Parker were captured, horribly tortured and killed. [url="http://www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/pages/Boyd_Parker.html"]Go Here to read the full story.[/url] It was a small event, but very nicely done, with appropriate ceremonies in two locations: the Ambuscade Park where the ambush took place and the bodies were originally buried, and the site a few miles away where the men were force-marched to and their torture took place. I attended with two friends, and we all "dressed." It was a brilliant, early fall day and I enjoyed it very much. [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.