Members of the Lexington Minute Men Company participated Saturday in the annual Battle of Red Horse Tavern, a Revolutionary War-era reenactment held in Sudbury.
Unlike traditional reenactments that depict a specific historical battle, Saturday’s event was a tactical, which is an immersive, unscripted exercise and demonstration of tactics designed to simulate the strategies, movements and challenges faced by soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Reenactors depicting the Colonial and British armed forces came together to test their skills in communication, field tactics and small-unit maneuvers.
The Lexington Minute Men’s women civilians also participated in demonstrations and helped to interpret for the public in attendance.
The event took place near the historic Wayside Inn, a well-known Sudbury landmark dating back to the 18th Century. Over the course of the day, opposing forces engaged in a series of mock encounters across open fields and wooded terrain, all designed to mirror the conditions of 1770s Massachusetts.
Lexington Minute Men members carried period-appropriate gear, followed 18th-century drill commands and demonstrated the discipline that characterized the citizen-soldiers who answered the call to arms in 1775.