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"); document.close(); } var now = new Date() theMonth = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"); Event = new Array(); Event[0] = new Date(2011,8,12);//September Muster Event[1] = new Date(2011,8,17);//Faire setup day Event[2] = new Date(2011,8,23);//Final faire setup Event[3] = new Date(2011,8,24);//Colonial Faire Event[4] = new Date(2011,8,25);//Faire cleanup day Event[5] = new Date(2011,9,3);//October Muster Event[6] = new Date(2011,9,11);//Faire Committee meeting Event[7] = new Date(2011,9,16);//Drill at the Williard Clock Museum Event[8] = new Date(2011,9,22);//Setup day for Battle of Red Horse Tavern Event[9] = new Date(2011,9,29);//Battle of Red Horse Tavern Event[10] = new Date(2011,10,7);//November Muster Event[11] = new Date(2011,10,21);//Route Committee Meeting Event[12] = new Date(2011,11,5);//December Muster Event[13] = new Date(2011,11,12);//Route Committee Event[14] = new Date(2011,11,20);//Faire Committee meeting Event[15] = new Date(2012,0,2);//January Muster Event[16] = new Date(2012,0,13);//12th Night Ball Event[17] = new Date(2012,0,17);//Faire Committee Event[18] = new Date(2012,0,21);//Drill Event[19] = new Date(2012,0,23); //Route committee Event[20] = new Date(2012,1,6);//February Muster Event[21] = new Date(2012,1,12);//Drill Event[22] = new Date(2012,1,24);//Ordinary Event[23] = new Date(2012,1,25);//Drill Event[24] = new Date(2012,2,4);//Drill Event[25] = new Date(2012,2,5);//March Muster //Event[21] = new Date(2012,1,9);// Route Committee Event[26] = new Date(2012,2,20);//Faire Committee meeting Event[27] = new Date(2012,2,24);//Drill Event[28] = new Date(2012,3,2);//April Muster //Event[23] = new Date(2012,3,22);//Faire Committee meeting //Event[25] = new Date(2012,3,9);//Bedford Pole Capping Event[29] = new Date(2012,3,13);//Grand Ball Event[30] = new Date(2012,3,19);//April 19th March //Event[28] = new Date(2012,3,19);// Sudbury Historical Society Blood Drive //Event[30] = new Date(2012,3,26);//Faire Committee meeting Event[31] = new Date(2012,4,7);//May Muster Event[32] = new Date(2012,4,22);//Faire Committee meeting //Event[20] new Date(2012,4,19);//Live Shoot Event[33] = new Date(2012,4,28);//Memorial Day Parade Event[34] = new Date(2012,5,4);//June Muster Event[35] = new Date(2012,5,20);//Faire Committee meeting //Event[35] = new Date(2012,5,15);//Flag Day, Brookline MA Event[36] = new Date(2012,6,4);//4th of July Parade Event[37] = new Date(2012,7,19);//Faire Committee meeting //Event[38] = new Date(2012,6,28);//Reading of the Declaration of Independence Event[38] = new Date(2012,8,10);//September Muster Event[39] = new Date(2012,8,22);//Faire setup day Event[40] = new Date(2012,8,29);//Colonial Faire //Event[43] = new Date(2012,9,27);//Battle of Red Horse Tavern EventTitle = new Array(); EventTitle[0] = "September Muster"; EventTitle[1] = "Faire Setup Day"; EventTitle[2] = "Final Faire Setup"; EventTitle[3] = "Colonial Faire"; EventTitle[4] = "Faire Cleanup Day"; EventTitle[5] = "October Muster"; EventTitle[6] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[7] = "Drill at the Fall Festival at the Williard Clock House and Museum"; EventTitle[8] = "Setup for the Battle of Red Horse Tavern"; EventTitle[9] = "Battle of the Red Horse Tavern"; EventTitle[10] = "November Muster"; EventTitle[11] = "Route Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[12] = "December Muster" EventTitle[13] = "Route Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[14] = "Faire Committee Meeting
Note new date"; EventTitle[15] = "January Muster"; EventTitle[16] = "Twelfth Night Ball"; EventTitle[17] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[18] = "Musket Drill"; EventTitle[19] = "Route Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[20] = "February Muster"; EventTitle[21] = "Musket Drill"; EventTitle[22] = "Ordinary Evening"; EventTitle[23] = "Musket Drill"; EventTitle[24] = "Musket Drill"; EventTitle[25] = "March Muster"; //EventTitle[21] = "Route Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[26] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[27] = "Musket Drill"; EventTitle[28] = "April Muster"; //EventTitle[23] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; //EventTitle[25] = "Bedford Pole Capping"; EventTitle[29] = "Grand Ball at the Red Horse Tavern"; EventTitle[30] = "Sudbury March to Concord"; //EventTitle[28] = "Patriots Day Blood Drive"; //EventTitle[30] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; EventTitle[31] = "May Muster"; EventTitle[32] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; //EventTitle20] = "Live Shoot"; EventTitle[33] = "Memorial Day Parade, Sudbury"; EventTitle[34] = "June Muster"; EventTitle[35] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; //EventTitle[35] = "Flag Day Parade, Brookline"; EventTitle[36] = "4th of July Parade, Sudbury"; EventTitle[37] = "Faire Committee Meeting"; //EventTitle[38] = "Reading of the Declaration of Independence"; EventTitle[38] = "September Muster"; EventTitle[39] = "Faire Setup Day"; EventTitle[40] = "Colonial Faire"; //EventTitle[43] = "Battle of the Red Horse Tavern"; EventAct = new Array(); EventAct[0] = "The Faire Committee will present a final update on preparations for the Faire.
We will elect our next Quartermaster."; EventAct[1] = "Help set up the militia and vendor booths for the faire."; // For more information, contact the faire chairman. "; EventAct[2] = "Final setup for the faire, put up canvas, rope off booth areas and setup parking areas, to name a few activities."; EventAct[3] = "Reenactors, Food, Vendors, and Games. Celebrate Harvest Season in a Colonial Style.
For more information, contact the faire chairman. "; EventAct[4] = "Help get all of the faire stuff back to Hal’s barn and clean up the field."; EventAct[5] = "The Gravestone Girls will combine entertainment and education, art with history with the stated goal of "Keeping Our Dead Alive." You can check them out ahead of time at their website: www.gravestonegirls.com.
We will also get a quick report on our faire and learn more about the Battle of the Red Horse Tavern."; EventAct[6] = "The Faire Committee will be holding a meeting to go over the recent faire and hear what went well and what needs to be improved."; EventAct[7] = "The first drill towards qualifying to fire on the Bridge on Patriots Day. Check later for more details."; EventAct[8] = "Please bring sledge hammers, posthole diggers, hammers and all sorts of things to pound stakes into the ground. We’ll also need a few pick-up trucks to transport the poles from the barn to the field."; EventAct[9] = "We’re still on!
The Sudbury Companies of Militia & Minute will host a day of military activities and battle reenactments on the grounds of the historic Wayside Inn."; EventAct[10] = "Guy LeBlanc, who is in charge of the Wayside Inn’s press relations and other media initiatives, and coordinates all interpretive activities for the Wayside Inn Historic Site, will talk about the history of the Inn and its archives."; EventAct[11] = "The Route Committee is looking for a few good volunteers to help plan the this year’s March on April 19 and to find ways to roast our Colonel. For more information, contact Dan Meenan. "; EventAct[12] = "Our annual holidays celebration. This year "The Jolly Rogues" will entertain us with 18th century music and ballards. Be prepared to join in on traditional holiday songs. Bring some of your favorite dessert treats to share."; EventAct[13] = "Join the Route Committee as it continues its plans for the this year’s March on April 19 and how to roast our Colonel. For more information, contact Dan Meenan. "; EventAct[14] = "The Faire Committee will be holding its first meeting to plan the 2012 faire. The best time to get involved is at the first meeting. We’re looking for people to lead all of the usual positions: admissions, food tent, baked goods, games, recruitment, etc. and a representative or three from the Ancients. For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; EventAct[15] = "Brian Plumb, a member of the Sudbury Ancients, will discuss his recently published book, A History of Longfellow’s Wayside Inn and its soon to be published companion book of pictures."; EventAct[16] = "Contra dancing with music by Yankee Volunteers
Additional details can be found at Twelfth Night Ball.
For more information, email Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; EventAct[17] = "The Faire Committee will be holding another meeting to plan the faire.
For more information, contact Brian Mixter or call him at 978-257-4097 (mobile) or 978-562-3468 (home). "; EventAct[18] = "Cancelled!";//One of a series of drills that will qualify you to fire on the North Bridge.
Bring your musket, cartridge box, whisk and pick, and tricorn. Come in kit if possible.
For more information, contact Larry Leonard. "; EventAct[19] = "Join the Route Committee as it continues its plans for the this year’s March on April 19 and how to roast our Colonel.
For more information, contact Dan Meenan. "; EventAct[20] = "All our colonel has told us is that we shall be visited by Colonel Artemas Ward of Shrewsbury, and his lady. Some of us know who they are but come to the muster and find out for yourself.
Steve Pano of Ranger Reproductions and Dave Hannon of the Minuteman Armory will be present to sell their wares. If there is something in particular you're in need of please contact these gentlemen ahead of time and they'll do their best to have it for you. Dave Hannon may be reached at mmnecessities@hotmail.com for leather goods. Steve Pano may be reached at rangerrepro@charter.net or 508-852-5527 for flints, hammerstalls, hats, stockings, etc.
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; EventAct[21] = "One of a series of drills that will qualify you to fire on the North Bridge.
Bring your musket, cartridge box, whisk and pick, and tricorn. Come in kit if possible.
For more information, contact Larry Leonard. "; EventAct[22] = "Enjoy an evening dining in the company of provincials.
More information at Ordinary Evening." //EventAct[15] = "The Faire Committee will be holding another meeting to plan the faire. For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; EventAct[23] = "One of a series of drills that will qualify you to fire on the North Bridge.
Bring your musket, cartridge box and whisk and pick. Come in kit.
For more information, contact Larry Leonard. "; EventAct[24] = "One of a series of drills that will qualify you to fire on the North Bridge.
Bring your musket, cartridge box and whisk and pick. Come in kit.
For more information, contact Larry Leonard. "; EventAct[25] = "Details to be announced later.
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; //EventAct[21] = "Don't tell the colonel but the Route Committee will be putting together a video for the next muster. Aspiring thespians should come in kit with any and all accoutrements they may have. For more information, contact Dan Meenan. "; EventAct[26] = "The Faire Committee will be holding another meeting to plan the faire. For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; EventAct[27] = "One of a series of drills that will qualify you to fire on the North Bridge.
Bring your musket, cartridge box and whisk and pick. Come in kit.
For more information, contact Larry Leonard. "; EventAct[28] = "The Route and Safety Committee will give us a last minute update on plans for this year’s march to Concord. Who knows what they might say about Colonel Hutchinson?
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. ";//
Steve Pano will also be at the muster to help you get ready for all of the April activities."; //EventAct[23] = "The Faire Committee will be holding another meeting to plan the faire. For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; //EventAct[25] = "The Bedford Minutemen will commemorate the Pole Capping ceremony where a Bedford Minuteman will climb the pole and, in defiance of King George, place a red cap over the top."; EventAct[29] = "Join the Sudbury Companies on a beautiful Spring evening for a Contra Dance!
For more information, email Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; EventAct[30] = "Show your fortitude and love of local history with this annual march through Wayland and Sudbury to Concord. Please note that only those vetted by Col. Hutchinson will be able to fire from the North Bridge.
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson.";//

Check our orders so you can watch as we march to the North Bridge."; //EventAct[28] = "The Sudbury Historical Society has asked for our support in their Patriots Day Blood Drive. They are hoping for a few of us will dress in kit and meet and greet blood donors. Those of you who no longer make the march but would like to demonstrate that you are part of the Sudbury Companies of Militia & Minute are particularly encouraged to help. For more information, contact Lee Swanson at 978-443-3747."; EventAct[31] = "Details to be announced later.
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; EventAct[32]= "The Faire Committee will be holding another meeting to plan the faire. For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; //EventAct[20] = "Try your hand at hitting targets during a live shoot."; EventAct[33] = "Salute to all those who sacrificed their lives so that we may enjoy freedom.
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. " EventAct[34] = "Details to be announced later.
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; EventAct[35] = "The Faire Committee will be holding another meeting to plan the faire. For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; //EventAct[35] = "Join in Brookline's flag celebration."; EventAct[36] = "Celebration of our nation’s independence with a venerable, vibrant parade through Sudbury!"; EventAct[37] = "The Faire Committee will be holding another meeting to plan the faire. For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; //EventAct[38] = "The Sudbury Companies have been invited to participate in the reading of the Declaration of Independence to the people of Watertown and the celebration of the Treaty of Watertown, the first treaty the United States made with a foreign power. Come in kit."; EventAct[38] = "The Faire Committee will present a final update on preparations for the Faire.
We will elect our next Quartermaster.
For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; EventAct[39] = "Help set up the militia and vendor booths for the faire.
For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; EventAct[40] = "Reenactors, Food, Vendors, and Games. Celebrate Harvest Season in a Colonial Style.
For more information, contact Brian Mixter. "; //EventAct[43] = "The Sudbury Companies of Militia & Minute will host a day of military activities and battle reenactments on the grounds of the historic Wayside Inn."; EventDetail = new Array(); EventDetail[0] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[1] = "8:00 am at Hal Culter’s barn, Landham Road, Sudbury or 9:00 am at the muster field at the Wayside Inn."; EventDetail[2] = "12:00 noon and later, at the field."; EventDetail[3] = "10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[4] = "8:00 am at the field."; EventDetail[5] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[6] = "7:30 pm in the Tap Room at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury"; EventDetail[7] = "1:00 pm at the Willard Clock House and Museum."; EventDetail[8] = "10:30 am – 4:00 pm at the East Field near the Wayside Inn."; EventDetail[9] = "Events begin at 12:00 noon at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury.
Please park in the designated area.
More information is available here or from our colonel."; EventDetail[10] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[11] = "7:30 pm at at a location to be determined soon."; EventDetail[12] = "7:30 pm for the candlelight procession from the Wayside Inn to the Martha Mary Chapel. 8:00 pm at the Martha Mary Chapel." EventDetail[13] = "7:30 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[14] = "7:30 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[15] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[16] = "8:00 pm in the Main Dining Room at Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[17] = "7:30 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[18] = " ";//10:30 at the Wayside Inn.
Additional information"; EventDetail[19] = "8:00 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[20] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[21] = "1:30 pm at the Wayside Inn.
Additional information"; //EventDetail[15] = "7:30 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[22] = "6:30 to 9:30 pm in the Ford Room. Reservations required. To make your reservations, click here."; EventDetail[23] = "10:30 am at the Wayside Inn.
Additional information"; EventDetail[24] = "1:30 pm at the Wayside Inn.
Additional information"; EventDetail[25] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[26] = "7:30 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[27] = "10:30 am at the Wayside Inn.
Additional information"; EventDetail[28] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; //EventDetail[23] = "7:30 pm at the Wayside Inn." //EventDetail[25] = "Meet at the Lincoln-Sudbury High School at 11:30 am. Parade to step off at noon."; EventDetail[29] = "8:00 pm in the Main Dining Room at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[30] = "3:45 am Wayland Center; 5:30 am Sudbury Center. Please be prompt."; //EventDetail[28] = "10 am to 3 pm, Sudbury Town Hall, 322 Concord Rd., Sudbury, MA 01776. Any time you can volunteer really helps."; EventDetail[31] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[32] = "7:30 pm in the Olde Bar Room at the Wayside Inn." //EventDetail[20] = "Maynard Rod and Gun Club. Additional details to be announced later."; EventDetail[33] = "7:00 am, Minuteman Statue near Sudbury Town Hall for salute then board bus for trips to Old and New North Cemetaries.
9:00 am, Rugged Bear Plaza, Rt. 20, Sudbury. Parade steps off at 9:30 am."; EventDetail[34] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[35] = "7:30 pm in the Olde Bar Room at the Wayside Inn." //EventDetail[35] = "Arrive by 10:30 am at Cypress Street Playground parking area, near Brookline HS, Tappan Street and Greenough Street, for shuttle to assembly point. Shuttle should get us to assembly point at 525 Harvard St. Last shuttle at approx. 11:00 am. Step off at 12 noon with Division 1 at 525 Harvard St. For more information, contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. Please display parking pass on windshield. "; EventDetail[36] = "Assemble on Union Ave. near Station Road (near Route 20) in Sudbury by 12 noon with step off at 1:00 pm. Park either at the starting location or at the end of the parade near town hall. Shuttle bus provided to get you to your car. Bring lots of powder! Return to the Wayside Inn for flag changing ceremomy.
For more information contact Col. Carl Hutchinson. "; EventDetail[37] = "7:30 pm in the Olde Bar Room at the Wayside Inn." //EventDetail[38] = "6:30 pm at the Fowle House and Museum, 28 Marshall Street, Watertown, MA."; EventDetail[38] = "8:00 pm in the Ballroom at Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; EventDetail[39] = "8:00 am at Hal Culter’s barn, Landham Road, Sudbury or 9:00 am at the muster field at the Wayside Inn."; EventDetail[40] = "10:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury."; //EventDetail[43] = "Events begin at 12:00 noon at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury.
Please park in the designated area.
More information is available here or from our colonel.";