SULLY PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON WAR OF 1812: On Saturday, Oct. 9 from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Sully Historic Site in Chantilly will host its annual War of
1812 Muster.

Those attending can see soldiers fire their muskets, and then gather
with other recruits as a veteran sergeant teaches musket drill.
Participants also will watch as the Navy exercises the great gun (a
six-pounder cannon) and visit with the ship's surgeon to find out about
early medical practices on land and sea. Members of the Maryland Light
Dragoons demonstrate how horses were used in battle.

Sully was the home of Richard Bland Lee, Northern Virginia's first
member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He and his family lived at
Sully from 1794 until just before the War of 1812.

The Lees were friends of James and Dolley Madison, and Lee offered his
services to the country during the war. Afterwards, he was named a
commissioner to deal with claims of people who lost property during the
burning of Washington, D.C.

The cost is $8 for adults and $6 for children. For information, call
(703) 437-1794.

        ------- from Sun Gazette 


 


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