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Mississippi-Louisiana-Alabama Belong to France Again!!! October 8, 9, and 10, 1993 at Fort Maurepas Replica Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Living history!! Hear the musket volleys! Smell the gunsmoke!! See, hear re-enactors perform the French Marching Drill of almost 300 years ago when this region was a part of France! Talk with the re-enactors - French soldiers, vcyageurs, coureur-de-bois, wives, children, and guides!! See their authentic uniforms, equipment and costumes! Smell the campfires and the cooking food of that era. Hear the drum rolls and other authentic music!
Learn history in the most memorable and entertaining way! Real living history...
All ages welcome. No admission charge.
France first occupied this area in 1699; France claims it again at the replica of the original 1699 Fort Maurepas on the beach in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, for three days — October 8,9, and 10
Preliminary Schedule
Friday, Oct. 8
3	p.m.	Compagnies	franclies de la Marine from Fort Toulouse, Alabama, arrive in Ocean Springs,
joining the Ocean Springs Marines and guides at the Fort Maurepas replica, to encamp for the weekend through noon on Sunday, Oct. 10.
3:30 p.m.	Raising of the Colors; Musket Volley Fire, French Arms Drill
4:45 p.m.	Musket Volley Fire; Lower the Colors
7:30 p.m.	Slide presentation of French Colonial Archaeology
10	p.m.	Closing of the Fort’s gates, to re-open at 10 a.m. Saturday
Saturday, Oct. 9
10 a.m.	Raising of the Colors; Inspection of Amis;
Marching Drill; Musket Volley Fire
11:30 a.m.	Musket Volley Fire 1 p.m. Break for Lunch
2 p.m. Marching Drill; Musket Volley Fire 3:30 p.m. Musket Volley Fire
4:45 p.m.	Musket Volley Fire; Lowering of the Colors
7 p.m.	Address by Mr. Elbert Hilliard, Director
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
10 p.m.	Closing of the Fort’s gates to re-open at 10 a.m. Sunday
Sunday, Oct. 10
Schedule repeats Saturday morning’s activities until noon when the Fort Toulouse Soldiers must prepare to leave for their home Fort in Alabama. Staffed by local re-enactors, the Fort will remain open until 5 p.m.
For more information, contact Gloria Moran at (601) 255-4142 or Mary Lee Terry at (601) 875-4369.
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Directions to Fort Maurepas Replica
From 1-10, exit 50 South to Washington Avenue (straight ahead); at Porter & Washington at fourway stop, turn right onto Porter for one block; turn left onto Jackson Avenue for four blocks to beach. Fort is on your left about one half block.
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