North Bridge Reenactment & Ceremony 2022

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His Majesty's Tenth Regiment of Foot in America is a historically re-created infantry unit formed to portray the service of the British Army during the American War for Independence.
Composed of three types of soldier, Grenadiers-typically larger men who were used as shock troops. A company of Light infantry, generally smaller, more agile men--capable of maneuvering in the dense wilderness to skirmish or flank the enemy, a battalion company--a company of regular soldiers, capable of mass volleys and were the heart of the army and were trained in both Grenadier and Light Infantry tactics. A company of Music, who provided music and commands to the army. Lastly a Corps of Civilian Volunteers--who provide the food to the regiment during encampments. Each is open for recruitment. The members of the Tenth are accurately uniformed, equipped, and trained in 18th-century military drill and life so that we appear in public as members of the British Army would have in 1775. Contact us to join.
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[@g0dofimmortality]

11:08 boop! 😂 *Clears throat* As I was saying... You guys did great. I imagine portraying the "away" team comes with some unique challenges. I really appreciate the effort put in by everyone to make these performances so good and I hope I can get up there to see one in person someday.

[@HM10thFoot]

Hi there, we appreciate the comment and thanks for watching!!

[@HM10thFoot]

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[@thejohnny0018]

I remember being in the crowd watching this re-enactment last year! Great performance! I loved it! ❤️

[@HM10thFoot]

Thanks for coming out to watch us! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching!

[@Beowulf1ca]

The two funeral drill movements - Battalion will March on your arms Reversed & Reverse your arms! are JUST AWESOME! I'm going to try these out at our next encampment with the rest of our troops (84th Regiment of Foot)!

[@Sam-lm8gi]

11:13 What's the name of that tune??? I love it.

[@rfletch62]

When I saw the reenactment, the crowd booed the redcoats.

[@cjthehistoryperson]

Great video! I had to leave before we did mourn arms, but the rest of it was fun.

[@HM10thFoot]

Indeed it was a fun (and may we add very long) day! Thanks for watching!

[@da90sReAlvloc]

It could be me I'm British actually a Geordie so still technically English Good video 👍 to all involved

[@huppophonic]

Roger Fuller for President!

[@TheOldSalt]

What visitors don’t realize, is the Regulars weren’t all in this conflict. According to most historical sources, most of the soldiers at the bridge were volunteers from Britain, many were just boys. As with today, they didn’t have a choice of where they were sent, and as such, you had a varied amount of political views. Even some of the officers, including General Gage, were hesitant to poke the Americans, and only were sent to Concord when the politicians in Britain ordered them to take decisive action.

[@ChristheRedcoat]

They wouldn’t have been conscripts. Conscription was not legal in the British Army at this time.

[@TheOldSalt]

@@ChristheRedcoat Thank you. I will adjust everything, and thanks so much for the info!

[@HM10thFoot]

Very interesting points! Thanks for watching!

[@timtonner946]

And would probably have had British accents?

[@Bountyhopper]

@@timtonner946 the accent would be different between regiments. There was no 1 british accent, nor were all of them British, my regiment is the 27th regiment aka the inniskellen regiment, because they were all out of inniskellim Ireland

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Awesome reenactment

[@HM10thFoot]

We definitely enjoyed it, thanks for watching Jacob!

[@gaslightstudiosrebooted3432]

looking pretty sharp in the red-faced-yellow!

[@HM10thFoot]

Thank you! We are partial to the yellow--but we may be bias ;) thanks for watching!

[@Heyitzjames1776]

There were 700 regulars that day against 60 colonials. A reinforcement was on its way from Boston. Even with that all the neighboring colonials were reinforcing the militia by the end of the day there were 3600 militia chasing 1700 red coats , tossing there gear off so they could run as they were being shot at from all sides, back to Boston. Edit: what an amazing image of American brotherhood

[@DH.2016]

Some years back, when I visited Concord, there was an actual British knapsack in a glass case on display that a local family had recovered and retained over the years. It was fascinating to look at it and wonder about the story of the soldier who wore it not only on the day but before and after, if he survived.

[@Heyitzjames1776]

@@DH.2016 it’s quite a powerful scene to think of. Even nowadays.

[@Heyitzjames1776]

@@DH.2016 I saw a live diagram of the event showing blue for colonials red for British and it played the fife and drum music with the sound of muskets firing. The British weren’t fighting the colonials at Lexington the colonials were setting them up. You could see all these blue trails coming from all the local area’s reinforcing the colonials it showed the blue getting bigger and bigger and the red being pushed inch by back to Boston. Absolutely beautiful and awe inspiring. The comradery back then will never be the same for us Americans again because the system keeps us divided. I don’t know how heavy those back packs are u can’t imagine much but to have to throw it off so u can run and not die must’ve meant it was pretty urgent

[@joecasey7415]

May do this year. Lexington is too early.

[@HM10thFoot]

Lexington is a great experience to do at least once, though the North Bridge is an awesome event as well! Thanks for watching!

[@kenanacampora]

Who wants to be in the front row?

[@sirisaacbrock798]

7:46 loyalist? If so, are there groups that portray civilian loyalists specifically? Or is he one of the site’s guys?

[@HM10thFoot]

This happens to be an individual associated with our unit. We aren’t aware of units that do this impression however.

[@sirisaacbrock798]

@@HM10thFootAh alright, thanks. Most loyalist groups I can find are usually loyalist units rather than just civilians.

[@yank-tc8bz]

And three of them still lay side by side next to the bridge.

[@williamardis]

Who did the song cover? It is excellent.

[@HM10thFoot]

We agree! It’s by Will Martin. Thanks for watching!

[@williamardis]

@@HM10thFoot Thanks so much! Love your work 10th Regiment. Very nice.

[@meeper4927]

hey im looking to join a local british group, im in ri and im a bit new to this hobby

[@HM10thFoot]

Hi there! The 10th would be a great consideration for you! We practice in MA close to RI and have substantial membership there that commute to our drills! If you visit redcoat.org and click “contact our recruiting officer” on the home page, our Major can give you more details. Funny enough, he is also from RI! Any preference as to what company you would join?!

[@cambs0181]

British army never marches in formation over a bridge, unless it's stone.

[@NickWood07]

What.

[@DH.2016]

Is that the modern British Army (and not the 18th century one)? The reason I ask is that some years back, there was an issue with the newly built Millennium foot bridge over the Thames in London leading to the Tate Modern art gallery. When the bridge started to sway excessively as people were crossing, one theory was that, sub-consciously, pedestrians were synchronising their foot steps thus causing the bridge to sway even more (apparently, following remedial work, this is no longer an issue).

[@madcyclist58]

Are colonial defeats (of which there were many) ever re-enacted? For historical accuracy I mean. If the conflict consisted only of colonial victories it wouldn't have lasted five years.

[@philipmccarthy4975]

That sucked

[@deanjernstrom3760]

I'm looking for a company that makes the cloathing for the reenactments.Perhapa a company in the U.S. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx

[@HM10thFoot]

Hi there, Godwin, Townsends, Track of the Wolf are some of the main ones. Your best bet is to see a tailor who will purchase fabric for you and customize clothing for you. Thanks for watching!