Yesterday, the Ocean Institute of Dana Point, CA held a christening for their replica 1770's schooner, "The Spirit of Dana Point" The vessel will sail the CA coast for educational purposes. On hand to help were the Riverside Chapter SAR (4th Connecticut Regiment), the South Coast Chapter (Continental Marines), the Orange County Chapter (Lee's Legion) and the Redlands Chapter (Commander-in Chief's Guard). The drill was simple - march in to fife and drums, raise the flag, listen to speeches until the ship's cannon roared, then answer the cannon with two vollies of musket fire, more speeches, then march off. There are three pages of photos at: http://www.americanrevolution.org/danapoint.html As you'll note, we were short some musicians, so we managed to fill in by recruiting from the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. If you're curious, I'm the one in the last photo on the third page. Best regards, Ed -- For Revolutionary War information on the Internet, your first choice should be AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG