"I am opposed to slavery, not because it enslaves the black man, but because it enslaves man." -David Payne, 1839"
 2012 Events Calendar  |
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| January 21 | Annual Meeting | Michigan State Museum/Library Complex Auditorium | Meeting time is 11:00 a.m. Click HERE for a map. |
| March 29 - April 1 | Blue/Grey Alliance 150th Shiloh | Shiloh, Tennessee | More information can be found here: http://shiloh150.org/ |
| ALL | OTHER | EVENTS | DECIDED at the Meeting.... |
| 2011 Events Calendar |
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Contact person: Captain Newkirk Schedule of Events |
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Our Battery, as a Unit or as Individual members, is available to serve at different events throughout the year. However, we DO have a few requests for potential Event Coordinator "Clients" to understand:
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Our "Battery" Events have been discussed at the annual Membership meeting early in the year - these take priority,and Unit members are expected to attend these events and miss others, if a choice must be made by the individual. |
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Being an Artillery Unit with heavy, expensive guns and equipment, there are multiple logistical considerations that need to be understood - | |
| A. | The Economy - Need we say more?? Get out and vote!!! | |
| B. | Some sites are just too small to be practical for us to attend with cannon, but we MIGHT be able to do other presentations. | |
| C. | Weather plays a very important part in transportation of the guns - winter is NOT cannon season!! | |
| D. | This is a hobby, that we all love - but it is EXPENSIVE! We do not get paid to do this, except by the occasional generous donations of some.... | |
| E. | Our members live across the Midwest and DO have real jobs - It takes a lot of advanced warning to enable them to plan to travel and attend events. |
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| 3. | Certain basic considerations go a LONG way in making the event more attractive to our membership: | |
| A. | Historic Importance, Relativity, etc. is a major consideration - we don't do FARB events! | |
| B. | Powder Bounties are always nice - the Boom isn't as loud when we yell it! | |
| C. | Giving us access to bathroom facilities (even IF they are outhouses), straw for bedding and tent insulation, fresh potable water, and firewood are necessities. | |
| D. | FOOD is always appreciated - the better we're fed, the happier we are doing the event! | |