Marine Encampment Set at Colonial Michilimackinac

Mackinac State Historic Parks will host the Michilimackinac Marines Encampment at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City Saturday, August 5, and Sunday, August 6, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Reenactors from throughout the Midwest will join the 18thcentury British troops already stationed at the reconstructed fort to

portray French and British colonialists from the French and Indian War period.

Reenactors at the fort's largest invitational encampment will supplement daily programs with demonstrations, including military marching and drilling techniques, period clothing presentations, and equipment demonstrations.

Colonial Michilimackinac is a reconstructed French fur-trading village and military outpost. Attractions at the living history museum include on-site archaeology and interactive military and civilian life demonstrations from the British 1770s occupation and the American Revolution era.