2nd -4th Battalion 60th Regiment

or Royal American Regiment

Celer et Audax

“Swift and Bold”

Members of the British Brigade and the Brigade of the American Revolution

60th Regt./Michilimackinac-Detroit Garrison, Etherington’s Company  F&I/Pontiac 2010 Schedule

47th Annual Fort Michilimackinac Pageant, Fort Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City, MI  May 28-31 *

10th Annual Feast of the Strawberry Moon, Grand Haven, MI  June 12-13

30th Annual 1759 Siege of Fort Niagara, Fort Niagara, Youngstown, NY  July

War in the Wilderness - 1760 Surrender of Fort Ponchartrain, Stoney Creek Metro Park, Shelby Twp. Detroit  July 10-11

Grand Rogue Annual Living History Encampment (Timeline) Grand Rapids, MI  September 18-19

*all unit even

** optional

The 60th or Royal American Regiment of Foot was originally raised as a four battalion British infantry regiment in 1755-56 to meet the needs of forest warfare in North American at the onset of the French and Indian War.  Proposed by Jacques Prevost, a Swiss soldier and adventurer (and friend of the Duke of Cumberland) and after receiving Royal accreditation, officers and soldiers were secured from both the American colonies and Europe, many of Swiss and German descent (including Frederick Haldimand, later Major General and Governor of Canada and Quebec Province during the American Revolution).  The Royal Americans were to distinguish themselves as one of the best fighting units in the British Army throughout their subsequent service to the Crown.  The various battalions were to play a major role in nearly every campaign of the French and Indian War (1755-63) and Pontiac’s Uprising (1763-64).