The Salem Trayned Band will demonstrate pike drill at Arisia’12, on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 10:00am. From the Arisia’12 Schedule:

Massachusetts Bay Colony 1630 Pike Drill
When the first English colonists came to America, they expected to have to fight. Muskets and pikes dominated the battlefields of Europe, and would soon decide Britain’s fate in the English Civil Wars. See the Salem Trayned Band, a re-enactment unit portraying the militia of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in its earliest years, and the HASG demonstrate how the colonists brought this military technology including sixteen-foot pikes to the New World.

We will be taking part in America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration in Plymouth, MA on Saturday and Sunday, November 19th and 20th. We will be marching in the parade on Saturday, starting at 10:30am, and giving a drill demonstration in the Historic Village at 1:00pm. We will have our tent set up in the Historic Village, on the green for the rest of the day on Saturday, and on Sunday.

Salem Light Infantry Levee and Ball

In 1861 the members of the Salem Light Infantry
held a ball on their return from service in the Civil War.

For a brief moment, before joining other units and returning to battle, they celebrated friends and fellowship.

Join us in recreating this historic event in the original hall where they gathered 150 years ago.

Saturday, October 15, 2011
Hamilton Hall
9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA

Sponsored by
The Commonwealth Vintage Dancers
& The Salem Light Infantry

Formal Dinner at 6 O'Clock
Ball Commences at 8 O'Clock

ADMISSION:
$45 Dinner and Ball

http://www.vintagedancers.org/2011sli-dinner.html

We participated in the National Guard Heritage Day in Salem, MA on Saturday 2 April 2011. The event commemorated the 374th anniversary of the first militia muster and the founding of the United States National Guard.

We participated in the memorial wreath-laying ceremony, the parade, and the inspection and pass-in-review on the Salem Common.

After the ceremonies, we took part in the filming for part of documentary that is being produced by the National Guard on the history of the organization.