4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd.

What an incredible location to have an event. Thank you Old Fort Niagara for hosting us. We hope you enjoy a few choice shots from our weekend.

Photos by Cheyenne Johnson and Dalton Lee.

Good morning from Old Fort Niagara

4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd. will be mustering with 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, Grenadier Coy, Brigade of Guards 1776 -1783, and the NWTA Grenadier Company to form the Guards Brigade.

Congratulations to our member, Kirk Johnson, on his recent retirement as a LtCol of Marines!

We appreciate the cameo in his career photo collage.

Maintaining the King’s Peace at Chestertown Tea Party Festival in Chestertown, MD.

🏅 Parade Award: Best Marching Unit - Second Place 🎖️

4th Company of the Brigade of Guards “deliverin’ the bizzness” at Mt Vernon!
(Photo credit Jeff Bross)

A few nice candid shots that we like, and appreciate, taken this past weekend at George Washington's Mount Vernon

Great photos by Colin T Carter, commander of the “Southern Brigade” at George Washington's Mount Vernon this wet weekend.

We are deeply appreciative of being offered the right of the line.

It was great serving with 7th Regiment of Foot, Royal Fusiliers, NC Volunteers, Grenadier Coy, Brigade of Guards 1776 -1783, and 23rd RoF.

Let’s go win some more reenactments together!!!

Getting back into the mindset of late 18th C drill with our brothers from 7th Regiment of Foot, Royal Fusiliers

(Photo credit - Julie Stoltz)

Our handsewn h**p and linen canvas tentage is up.

Any bets on how waterproof it will be this weekend?

Join the 4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd. this Weekend on the 4-5 May at George Washington's Mount Vernon to make battle against the Continentals on one of our largest events of the year!

Since the Brigade of Guards were not present at such a historic event as Battle Road, we deferred from attending as a unit. With that being our position, we supported members who wanted to attend be getting them situated with appropriate units. So we connected Brad G. to our brethren in 1st Regiment of Foot Guards who were portraying the 52nd RoF, Light Company, and then helped him get squared away for the event. I like to think we pulled it off, looking 🔥Brad!

A few preview pics from the crew at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park this weekend. Give it to ‘em boys!

Starting the 2024 season, the 4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd. is returning this weekend to the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park to rout Greene's Continentals!

Major company-wide work day, today, to get us ready for the 2024 season.

We had 10 members gather to both finish lingering projects and support two new members with a heap of new and refurbished kit.

Due to the weather, several more additional members had to stay in quarters, though they joined us virtually as they worked on their own projects.

It was an awesome day for 4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd.

Happy holidays from 4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd. See you all in 2024.

Oh, and who is with us as we head off to celebrate with the Germans tomorrow…😏…?

And just like that, 2023 is over.

Even better was we closed out the year with the addition of a father-son team joining the ranks!

Thank you Carlyle House Historic Park for allowing to us to be part of your wonderful Christmas by Candlelight event, and thank you Gadsby's Tavern Museum for making enough space for this lot to dine with ambience.

A small contingent of our men from 4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd. made the long trek north to support The Brigade of the American Revolution retreat from Fort Lee Historic Park to Historic New Bridge Landing.

We are deeply appreciate of both sites, the BAR, the event staff, and our fellow units who made the whole experience possible.

Please enjoy some photos taken of us by Dakota Lee, Bross, and Al Pochek

Happy Thanksgiving from 4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd., and in recognition of the genuine military legacy of our membership we are honored to share an article written by member and military spouse Anna Fitzpatrick Layer that discusses the holiday from the perspective of the historical likeness of a military spouse from the 19th C (albeit not of our period, though we suspect the sentiment of transcends time and geography to a degree).

A Frontier Thanksgiving - Mission: Milspouse Thanksgiving can be a joyous holiday or a lonely one depending on what military life is like for you. Anna reminds us of the hardship of a Frontier Thanksgiving

Interested in losing your hard earned coin while learning to gamble with the Guards?

If so, come check us out as we are ramping up recruiting for our march into the 250th anniversary events.

Photo credit - Museum of the American Revolution and Masudi Mohammed

A modest contingent of 4th Coy., Brigade of Guards in America, Ltd. will be heading to NJ to support two great sites and The Brigade of the American Revolution. Additionally, our very own Gregory Starace will be hosting interactive cricket demos on Saturday.

The 2023 Retreat Weekend at Fort Lee and New Bridge is THIS WEEKEND!
Please see the schedule below - detailed information has been sent to registered unit commanders!

Saturday, November 18th, 2023

6:30 am- Camp opens at Fort Lee

8:30 am- All modern vehicles and items removed from camp

9:00 am- Public welcome into Fort Lee

9:15 am- Continuous presentation on 18th century coffee and making

10:00 am- Unit commanders meeting near Washington’s Marquee

10:15am- 18th Century Cricket Presentation takes place in front of the patio

11:10 am- Formation for parade to Monument Park in front of museum patio. Official welcome remarks by Commander John Lopez and Fort Lee staff

11:30 am- Parade to Monument Park

12:00 pm- Arrival at Monument Park- various speeches given and a single elevated musket volley shot

1:00 pm- Lunch at huts

1:30 pm- Music Demonstration

2:00 pm- Artillery demonstration (by NWC crew)

2:45 pm- Formation for Battle

3:00 pm- Rearguard battle action begins at Fort Lee

3:45 pm- Battle reenactment ends

4:00pm-18th Century Cricket Presentation takes place in front of the patio

5:00 pm- Site closed to public. Participants begin their dinner preparation and settle in for the night

5:30pm- BAR membership meeting in Fort Lee auditorium

11:00 pm- lights out

Sunday, November 19th, 2023

7:30 am- camp is awake
9:00 am- all campers should be packed up and on their way to New Bridge Landing

10:00 am- all camps are broken down and no reenactors should be left on site, gates to Fort Lee may be closed at this time

10:00 am -New Bridge opens to Public (Houses open)

10:45 am British troops march off to stage for the first skirmish

11:00 am - Continental Troops begin forming on the front lawn of the Steuben House for a safety inspection

11:15 am – Troops march across the New Bridge, action begins in Lower Brett Park (Houses Close)

12:00 pm - Rations issued, lunch at the camp kitchen (Houses open)

12:30 pm - Children's Drill in front of the Demarest House

1:15 pm – Troop assemble in front of Christie House, perform safety inspection and march to the river (Houses Close)

1:30 pm – Second skirmish commences as Congressional forces reach the bridge.

2:15 pm - Action ends and the troops and reenactors are encouraged to engage the public. (Houses Open)

2:30 pm – General Washington addresses the public

3:00 pm - Reenactors that have long travels ahead of them may start leaving, local troops will remain

4:00 pm - Site closes to the public, safe travels (Houses Close)

This Veterans Day, the 4th Coy. would like to thank all military personnel for their service!
Did you know that many of the 4th's members currently serve, or have served in the past? Look through this slideshow to find out some interesting facts about our members' experiences in the military!

Happy Halloween to the 4th Company and Friends!

Carving credit to Duncan Trussell.

4th Company of the Guards is proud to be alongside HM 17th Regiment of Infantry in America, 1775-1784 and HM 40th Foot / 2nd Battalion LI - "Bloodhounds" at the Museum of the American Revolution Occupied Philadelphia 2023!

We are also proud to be amongst POWs from The 3rd New Jersey Regiment, Capt. Bloomfield's Company "Jersey Grays", and all the other civilian interpreters and artisans.

The 4th Company will be returning to the Museum of the American Revolution for their annual Occupy Philadelphia event on the 28-29th of October, this time with the newly reopened Carpenter's Hall. The event was a great success last year both for Ourselves, the Museum, and the Visitors!
Further information can be found on their page and website: (https://www.amrevmuseum.org/events/occupied-philadelphia-2023)

Occupied Philadelphia 2023 Living history interpretation on the Museum plaza and at Carpenters' Hall in Old City is free and open to the public.Occupied Philadelphia is sponsored by American Heritage Credit Union.

So back to our shoot last weekend. Our scored portion resulted in a tie between our new member Joe Dupre and our drummer turned hatman Mateo Starace (who was sporting his brand new birthday long land built by Paul Ackermann).

This set off a sudden death tiebreaker shootout - where a 1 gallon water jug gave its life for the cause. Neck and neck our boys where, until Joe plugged the water jug without remorse, and secured the win, taking home an engraved guards flask as the prize.

Ever the sportsman, later that night, Mateo still helped Joe alter his new 1st Guards regimental coat to ensure proper fit.

Possibly one of the best pictures of the hobby, thank you HM 17th Regiment of Infantry in America, 1775-1784 for letting Her Majesty inspect us… 😊

It’s hard not to feel like our followers are really the ones calling the shots.

-COLGumboOfTheGuards