special event - MinuteCub Muster

Date: Sunday, June 24, 2018
Time:  Check-in 8-9am, and event runs through 5pm
Location: Longfellow Wayside Inn, 72 Wayside Inn Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776
Uniform: Class A
MinuteCub Muster at the Wayside Inn

NOTE: Pack 62 is part of the Mayflower Council.
This special event is sponsored and organized by the Mayflower Council, not Pack 62. 
All Cub Scouts, siblings and families are invited to participate.

A Cub Scout MinuteCub Muster is a daylong event, focusing on colonial life, Minutemen, patriotism, fun and the American Revolution. There are numerous activities, songs, music and discovery making this an event suitable for the entire Cub Scout family. The MinuteCub Muster anticipates over 2,000 Cub Scouts, 100 Boy Scout assistants and 500 BSA Leaders from across New England. Reservations are secured by payment and should be made by April 30th, as this event is expected to sell out.

The event is being held, rain or shine, at the Longfellow Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts on June 24th, 2018 from 8am to 5pm.

The PROMOTIONAL VIDEO offers a great presentation on the MinuteCub Muster:


This is a family event.  Optional Saturday evening camping is available at Nobscot Scout Reservation in Sudbury and Camp Resolute in Bolton.

Events:
Each Cub or recruit will sign a parchment sheet, mustering into a regiment of the MinuteCubs town. The MinuteCub will be issued a booklet with questions, maps, puzzles and other items to complete at the event. These items highlight various events, places and people during the American Revolution, and the founding of our country.
  • Event 1:  Dragoon Demonstration: the use of the horse in scouting and message.
  • Event 2:  Cannon Park:  They make noise, they smell, they are heavy.
  • Event 3:  Tomahawks:  It is harder than it looks -- and be safe.
  • Event 4:  Vittles:  If they ate this food, how did we win?
  • Event 5:  Marching:  "I wish the guy nest to me would keep step"
  • Event 6:  American Encampment with gunsmith, candle maker, soap maker and other crafts needed to keep the troops moving.
  • Event 7:  Colonial Village with tin monger, blacksmith, joiner, miller, spinner and many other trades.
  • Event 8:  Obstacle Course with a tour of the grist mill and a hewing display.
  • Event 9:  A British encampment with a surgeon, coopers, cobblers, broom makers and other trades.
  • Event 10: Let's talk with George Washington, Ben Franklin and John Adams.  And then, let's sign the Declaration of Independence.

The day is not complete without a battle re-enactment between the Americans and the British.

At the close of the day, we say the Pledge of Allegiance and then.....The Marshmallow Food Fight!!!!!

Highlights include:
  • Gunsmith, farmers, joiner and chair maker
  • Customize your tricorn hat during registration
  • Colonial Village Center with miller, seamstress, lace maker and pottery making
  • Learn the manual of arms with Marching
  • Review surgery options and see the surgeons tools
  • Tour a British and Colonial Encampment with soap making and candlestick making
  • Meet a blacksmith and a cooper
  • Work with a tin monger
  • Who were the Minutemen and what did they do for work?
  • Skirmish and tactics between the Minutemen and the British Infantry
  • Conversations with Minutemen, French Regulars, British, Colonial Regulars and others
  • Meet dragoons and learn about horses
  • Tomahawk throwing plus “retreating” with no sound
  • Work with a joiner and cobbler
  • Meet George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and other Patriots
  • Various fife and drums, violins, songs. Plus contra dancing for adults
  • Review Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, Monmouth and Yorktown
  • “We hold these truths to be self-evident…”
  • Take part in border skirmishes, known as a “very large” FOOD FIGHT

Please visit 'Your MinuteCub Equipment' for further information on how to prepare yourself (details: http://www.westfordminutecub.com/equipment.html):
  • Class A scout uniform
  • Tricorn hat
  • MinuteCub's Musket
  • Ammo (marshmallows).

MinuteCubs should make or purchase a musket for the event and bring ammo.   Plans are available on www.westfordminutecub.com

The day ends with a battle re-enactment between the Americans and British; followed by the world largest marshmallow food fight. That’s right – each Minutecub needs to have an air powered marshmallow firing imitation smooth bore flint lock musket.
    
Due to the time it takes to build muskets and order tricorn hats, we ask that you register by April 30 to be guaranteed you will receive these items.

Uniform of the day is a Class A shirt. Bring a lunch and something to drink.

Costs:
  • Event Registration Fee:  $50.00 per Cub Scout, which includes Patch, t-shirt and access to all the events - Siblings and Parents are Free!  (only youth need to register)
  • Muskets $20
  • Tri-corn hats $15
  • Extra T-shirts $10 (2XL and 3XL $15)
  • Extra Patches $5

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