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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 |
Pontiac Uprising/French & Indian War
Schedule:
1) 46th Annual Fort Michilimackinac Pageant, Historic Colonial Fort
Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City, MI, Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26, 2008
2) 250th Commemoration of the 1758 Attack on Fort Ticonderoga, Historic Fort
Ticondergoga, NY, June 27-29, 2008
Other F&I/Pontiac events that some of our members attend include the Annual
French Marine and Roger's Rangers Jaeger's Battalion events at Colonial
Michilimackinac in August, the Annual Feast of the Strawberry Moon, Grand
Haven, MI in June and the Annual Grand Rogue event, Grand Rapids, MI in
September.
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).
