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January 18, 2020 –
Tampa, FL – Gasparilla
Pirate Fest - Ahoy mateys!
Are ye up for adventure?
Do you fancy a trip with Ye
Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla
as we prepare to invade the
unsuspecting City of Tam-
pa and share our rich plun-
der with all those who dare
to join us? It’s a celebration
we’ve honored since 1904,
and one that grows more
exciting every year!
Our majestic pirate ship,
the Jose Gasparilla is in
fine form, and we’ll be set-
ting a course for Tampa,
Florida, where we’ll land in
full force. Ye best be joinin
us, or you’ll pay the price,
along with all those poor
souls who dare to stand in
our way.Oh it’ll be a fine
day as we celebrate the
Gasparilla Invasion! The
fully rigged Jose Gasparilla
will sail into Hillsborough
Bay, cannons a-blazing,
guns a-flashing, and hun-
dreds of vessels of all sizes
serving as our escort. You’ll
see our bright flags a-com-
ing from the sea, and ye
best beware!
rillapiratefest.com/ https://
rillaPirateFest
January 24 – 25, 2020
– Jupiter, FL – Battle
of Loxahatchee- Expe-
rience the Seminole War
of 1838 at Battle of the
Loxahatchee Reenactment
on January 24-25, 2020
at the Loxahatchee River
Battlefield Park in Jupiter,
Florida. Bring the family
for this day of history. This
event commemorates the
Second Seminole War bat-
tles that occurred within
Loxahatchee River Battle-
field Park. There will be pe-
riod dressed reenactors, US
Army and Seminole camps,
weapons demonstrations,
exhibitors, guest speak-
ers, battlefield tours and
a battle reenactment that
will begin approximately
at 2:00 p.m. Food trucks
will also be on-site. Loxa-
hatchee River Battlefield
Park
9060 Indiantown Road
Jupiter, Florida 33478 For
More Information: Call
561-741-1359
January 31 – Febru-
ary 2, 2020 – Yuma, AZ –
Two Rivers Renaissance
Faire
Adventure Awaits... at
the Two Rivers Renais-
sance Faire. Take a step
back in time and enjoy the
days surrounded by revelry
and merriment. Bring the
whole family for a fun and
frivolous day at the Faire.
Peruse the purveyors of
fine wares, and taste the
treats of the time in our
Renaissance marketplace.
Enjoy minstrels, dancers,
and various players on our
stages. You’re invited to
join in the joyous celebra-
tion and raucous doings
around every turn. Don’t
miss the mounted joust.
Come meet and cheer on
your favorite knights as
they battle to become tour-
nament champion. All the
day long, you will be enter-
tained and amazed. Come
one, come all! -
ersfaire.com.
the region.
Discovering human re-
mains and artifacts dating to
that era isn’t uncommon in
Lake George. A popular sum-
mertime tourist destination
since the late 19th century,
the area saw heavy military
activity a century earlier dur-
ing the French and Indian
War and American Revolu-
tion, including battles, sieges
and ambushes.
Human bones were ini-
tially found last Thursday as
a construction crew used a
backhoe to excavate a base-
ment for a future apartment
house. The bones included
a skull, jawbone, pelvis and
leg bones, according to David
Starbuck, a local archaeolo-
gist called in by police to ex-
amine the remains.
Starbuck determined
bones were from a male of
European descent, and at
that time he said they had
been buried for decades if not
longer. When he went back
to the work site Friday with
the owners, more bones were
found in piles of dirt depos-
ited next to the 60-foot-by-60-
foot (18-meter-by-18-meter)
hole for the foundation. Dis-
coloring in the sandy soil in-
dicated evidence of at least
11 unmarked graves where
partial remains had been ex-
posed by the backhoe, Borgos
said.
Work was halted at the
site, and state archaeologists
arrived Monday to gather all
the bones, which were taken
to the New York State Mu-
seum in Albany, the attorney
said.
Earlier, Starbuck found
two uniform buttons on some
of the bones. Insignia on the
buttons indicate they came
from the uniform of a soldier
in the 1st Pennsylvania Bat-
talion, he said.
The battalion was part of
the Continental Army that
invaded Canada in 1776, a
year after the war started.
During the fighting in Que-
bec, smallpox broke out
among the American troops.
Sickened soldiers were sent
south to Lake George to re-
cuperate in hospitals whose
exact locations remain a
mystery.
“The majority of soldiers
who went to Lake George in
the Revolution went there as
smallpox patients,” said Star-
buck, who has led archaeo-
logical digs at several 18th
century military sites in the
region.
Discovering human re-
mains and artifacts dating to
that era isn’t uncommon in
Lake George. A popular sum-
mertime tourist destination
since the late 19th century,
the area saw heavy military
activity a century earlier dur-
ing the French and Indian
War and American Revolu-
tion, including battles, sieges
and ambushes.
The Ellsworths plan to
work with local officials and
historical organizations to
ensure the remains receive a
proper reburial, Borgos said.
He described them as “re-
sponsible local developers”
who immediately stopped
work at the site and contact-
ed authorities when the ini-
tial remains were found.
War
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