Jamestown Settlement host a Military Timeline event that is 2nd to none ! The idea is to have juried units from various eras to come and put on their display for 2 days. Military here refers to any organized armed group. Thus national armed force units sit cheek by jowl with militias, household guards, mercenary groups and even civilian privateers.
An Early Scandinavian Sea Wolf
Swiss citizen soldiers
Member of a Mercenary group returning home from Byzantium
The River Rats - a British colonial Pirate, I mean Privateer crew
A Highlander Jacobite
An American Seaman from the Chesapeake Bay
Continental Revolutionary War Soldier 
A British Soldier and a Boer Militiaman from the South African Zulu War
All in all, one day was nowhere near enough time to do this event. The units started ca 720AD and continued into the current era. I spend most of the day in the earlier time periods, at one point I even managed to remember enough Latin to hold a conversation with a Provincial lady ca 1460. I also like the various militia/home guard units, especially the Irish Republican Army ca 1920. This is one event I want to attend again !
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