Brier Creek Commemoration- Education events at Battlefield
March 7 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
246th Anniversary of the Battle of Brier Creek Weekend
Friday, March 7, 2025
We will have 4 sessions 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 1:30 at the battlefield with the following schedule for each.
Contact our event coordinator for reservations.
STATION #1: Dr. John Derden will share ideas for upcoming tours & present an overview of the history of the battlefield &; the direction to be taken to ensure a maximum acquisition of the findings on the site &; its preservation.
STATION #2: Steve Burke will share his lifetime collection of Revolutionary period artifacts, weapons, clothes, etc. with assistance from Lee Herron and Don Bazemore.
STATION # 3: Alton McCloud, Bernard Martin and Allen Mincey will demonstrate Revolutionary tent encampment, weapons and their display of Revolutionary items.
EACH SESSION WILL DIVIDE INTO 3 EQUAL GROUPS AND REPORT TO A STATION.
EACH STATION WILL LAST 15 MINUTES AND THEN ROTATE TO NEXT STATION.
After each session, there will be a demonstration and firing of the Brier Creek Militia and the Brier Creek Artillery of our 50 Cal. Flintlock rifles, 75 Cal. Brown Bess Muskets, 69 Cal. French Charleville Muskets, one 6-pounder Naval
Cannon, two 6-pounder Field Guns, one 6-pounder Coehorn Mortar and an 8-pounder Field Gun. Afterwards, Taps will be sounded on the bugle by Compatriot Don Bazemore of the Brier Creek Chapter, Georgia Society Sons of the
American Revolution.
Coordinator: Dess Smith III, (478) 299-1039; saussure@bellsouth.net