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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 2011Schedule
50th Annual Fort Michilimackinac Pageant, Mackinaw City, MI, Memorial Day Weekend, May 26, 27, 28, 2012. Pontiac 1763 event.
*As always, some of our members may be attending other annual F&I events such as 1759 Siege of Fort Niagara, War in the Wilderness (greater Detroit area), French Marine and Roger's Rangers encampments at Michilimackinac, Grand Rogue at Grand Rapids, MI, etc.
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).
