Posted on 10/23/2016 5:47:03 AM PDT by SandRat
FORT HUACHUCA — Four members of B Troop — representing Fort Huachuca’s 1880s historic soldiers on horseback — returned from the National Cavalry Competition at Fort Reno, Okla., last month with top honors.
“We cleaned house,” smiled Martina Peters, who has been a B Troop member for 12 years. “For a small group of all-volunteers, we did exceptionally well,” she added.
B Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment (Memorial), with Chris Zimmerman as program coordinator, came home with the Best Cavalry Unit honors, as well as the coveted Major Howze award, a mobility test consisting of a mock saber charge. The group also won a number of individual awards.
I used to know a couple guys who were historical reenactors -- one reenacted as a Hessian and the other as a continental...The amount of research they'd put in to get every minute detail historically correct -- the buttons, the fabric, the type of leather used for this accoutrement versus that accoutrement, etc. -- bordered on breathtaking. Then the column would go marching by to period-correct fife and drum tunes, with a scattering of females mixed in. Hessian grenadiers storming across a field, with girls leading the charge.
At least their corncob pipes were spot-on.
For a couple of years, my youngest son was part of the Honor Guard at Fort We-Gotch-Ya and really got a lot out of it. It gave him a lot of satisfaction and he felt very proud of the way they approached these special details and teams.
Maybe the girls were Hessian trans-men. Get with the program.
Are they keeping it authentic by riding side saddle?
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