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The enlistees get younger every year.
Kade Olejack, 7, is the new recruit.

Nature might have cut the two-day battle event at the Chadds Ford Historical Society into a one-day event, but CFHS President Randell Spackman sees Saturday as a success.

“It was successful; it was a good community event,” he said sitting in the office while Sunday’s schedule was being rained out.

He felt Saturday was a “wonderful success that brought history back to Chadds Ford…History is often underappreciated.”

CFHS Operations Director Sandi Johnson said much the same, saying the turnout was wonderful and added, “I hope it brings back renewed interest in history.”

Johnson later added, "The mission of the CFHS is to further educate the public about life in the 18th century and to have a better understanding of the significance of the role this area played in the fight for our independence. The goal of this event was to achieve that and I think overall it was successful."

Saturday’s event began with a bang as early arrivals were greeted with a cannon salute at 10 a.m. From there, visitors could check out the various camps, talk with the reenactors, listen to talks about the Battle of Brandywine and other facets of Chadds Ford history, listen to live music, and, of course, wait for the skirmish reenactment with cannon and musket fire.

Helen Sipala, of Chadds Ford, gives a talk about the friendship she and her late husband George had with Andrew Wyeth as he painted at their property, Painters Folly.

 

Elements of the 43rd Regiment of Foot chase the colonials from the field of battle.

 

 

Kathleen Crippen, a camp follower with the 43rd Regiment of Foot, tends to some necessary spinning.
Kids learn how their counterparts made marbles in Colonial America.

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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