The Fairhaven Village Militia held its annual fall encampment at Fort Phoenix in Fairhaven on Saturday, 9/28/19. The one-day encampment was a smaller, abbreviated version of the militia’s usual camp due to the threat of EEE. Although the camp was smaller and crowds a bit lighter, the firing of the five cannons still brought a crowd, and the smell of a smoked ham cooking on the open fire filled the area and drew people in. To learn more about the FVM, visit https://fairhavenvillagemilitia.blogspot.com or the Fairhaven Office of Tourism website at https://fairhaventours.com.
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- Zach Margeson “worms the hole” on cannon 1 as part of the demonstration on how the cannons are prepared and loaded at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Beth David.
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- Lori Richard tends to the corn on the cob cooked on an open fire at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Beth David.
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- Fairhaven Village Militia Commander Ellsworth “Ellie” Silvaria cuts a piece off a smoked ham cooking over the open fire, while Lori Richard looks on, at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Beth David.
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- The camera catches the short moment between the fuse catching fire and cannon 3 actually firing at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Beth David.
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- Cannon 1 shows both smoke and flame after being fired by the Fairhaven Village Militia at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Beth David.
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- Members of the public use their phones to photograph and record the firing of the cannons at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Zach Margeson draws on his pipe and is ready to explain some of the weapons of war in the 1700s at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- “Tin Smithing” is one of the skills demonstrated at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- People mill around at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- Members of the Fairhaven Village Militia gather around the cookfire and slow roast a shank of pork for dinner at the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- The underground bunker, known as a gun powder magazine, is open during the Revolutionary War encampment held on 9/28/2019 at Fort Pheonix in Fairthaven. Built during the Civil War, the magazine was designed to hold 25,000 pounds of gun powder. The arched ceiling is designed to contain an explosion. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
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- This beat up inflatable dinghy sold for $15 at the annual Fairhaven town auction on 9/28/19. The 13-foot surfboard (left) sold for $2. Photo by Beth David.
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- Emmett tries out a bike his dad, Wayne, bought for him at the annual Fairhaven town auction on 9/28/19. Photo by Beth David.
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- L-R: Fairhaven public works employees Kim, Kyle, Charlene and John give big smiles to the local free sheet after the annual Fairhaven town auction on 9/28/19. Photo by Beth David.
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- A collection of bicycles gets sold off in small lots at the annual Fairhaven town auction on 9/28/19. Photo by Beth David.
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- Louie Baptista (riding) gets some help loading his Gravely Mower with plow, that he got for $900 at the annual Fairhaven town auction on 9/28/19. Photo by Beth David.
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