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The site of the Commemoration for the Fallen was Saint Peter’s Church in the Great Valley, the oldest Episcopal Church in Chester County, founded in 1700.Photo by Roger D. Thorne
Reenacters of HM 42nd Regiment of Foot, the Royal Highland Regiment or Black Watch, one of the British regiments which participated in the attack at Paoli, provide instruction to drummer Patrick MacNamee in the church’s Common Room before the start of the ceremony.Photo by Anthony Morris VII
At the conclusion of the brief service within the ancient church, the Color Guard of the Sons of the American Revolution lead the procession to the churchyard for the Commemoration.Photo by John WelshThe Suburban and Wayne Times
Led by Bill Risko, dressed as a private in the Light Infantry Company of HM 40th Regiment of Foot, and accompanied by his son, the British reenactors process to the churchyard.Photo by John WelshThe Suburban and Wayne Times
Grenadiers of the Black Watch process to the churchyard. As they entered the churchyard, the haunting rhythm of the Dead March was played on a muffled drum.Photo by John WelshThe Suburban and Wayne Times
Reenactors of HM 42nd Regiment of Foot stand at attention as the churchyard ceremony begins.Photo by Joyce A. Post
The Rev. Mark Scheneman, reenacting as a lieutenant of the 42nd Royal Highland Grenadiers, reads an abbreviated form of the Order for the Burial of the Dead from the 1662 Anglican Book of Common Prayer.Photo by Joyce A. Post
Nearly 100 onlookers listened as Father Mark Scheneman reads the familiar words from the Order for the Burial of the Dead in the form that would have been used by the officer-in-charge of the British burial detail for Captain Wolfe and the others, both British and American, killed during the Paoli battle.Photo by Anthony Morris VII
The Saint Peter’s hilltop was hushed as Father Scheneman reads the familiar words from the Order for the Burial of the Dead.Photo by Anthony Morris VII
Colonel Michael Vernon-Powell (Retd.), late of the 49th Foot (Royal Berkshire Regiment), was a special guest to the proceedings from the United Kingdom. He spoke of the importance of remembrance of these long-ago events to our now-reconciled countries.Photo by Joyce A. Post
Colonel Michael Vernon-Powell (Ret.) speaks of remembrance and reconciliation to an audience of almost 100 persons.Photo by John WelshThe Suburban and Wayne Times
With the Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard in the background, Colonel Michael Vernon-Powell (Retd.) lays a wreath near the three traditional British graves of Captain William Wolfe of the 40th Light Company, an unknown sergeant, and Rifleman Daniel Robertson of the 49th Light Company. The wreath was brought by Colonel Vernon-Powell from the Regimental headquarters of the 49th Foot at Reading, Berkshire, England, the ancestral home of Rifleman Robertson's 49th Regiment of Foot.Photo by Joyce A. Post
Representing the 49th Foot, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Colonel Vernon-Powell places Regimental soil upon the traditional British grave site, a symbolic attachment to home. A moment of silence was then observed.Photo by John WelshThe Suburban and Wayne Times
Roger Thorne, historian for Saint Peter's Church in the Great Valley, reads a sonnet by WWI English poet Rupert Brooke entitled The Soldier.Photo by Winchell Carroll
After the recessional from the churchyard, Colonel Vernon-Powell takes a salute from the reenactors of HM 40th and 42nd Regiments of Foot.Photo by Anthony Morris VII
After the commemoration, the spectators were treated to the skirl of the pipes and the beat of the drum as 42nd Regiment piper Bill Gable and 1st Pennsylvania Regiment drummer Patrick MacNamee perform.Photo by Anthony Morris VII
After the commemoration, reenactors share the moment with Colonel Michael Vernon-Powell (Ret.).Photo by Anthony Morris VII
Three Black Watch reenactors share a photo opportunity with young Alexander Weir.Photo by Anthony Morris VII
