Events Calendar

Early-Modern-Muster-of-Arms – ‘EMMA’ 1550-1650

Saturday, April 1, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Sunday, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

The Old Fort plays host to a mercenary company, representing the years 1500-1650. Re-enactors portraying soldiers from England, Spain, France, Germany and Poland will converge on the Fort to join the roll of the mercenary company of the Banner of St. Michal. As they train to become a unified fighting force, recruits will showcase the life and times of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. See what soldiers and civilians in the Age of Discovery wore and ate, as well as how they trained in their trade and interacted with one another. Highlights will include sick call and treatment of maladies by the Barber Surgeon and contests of Arms, Sword and Musketry duels.