Quote Originally Posted by DeRuyter View Post
Great AAR Mike!

What part of New Jersey are you from? Curious because my wife is originally from the Trenton area, and I noted "Brandywine" on your shirt. I am not far south of the battlefield in northern Delaware.

Eric
Hi Eric,

We once lived in the Trenton area ourselves; after moving up from (are you ready for this?) NORTHERN DELAWARE! We lived in Ogletown and visited the Brandywine area quite regularly back in the '70s, taking (I believe) Rte 100 through the woods, hills and dales along the babbling creek. It was always so beautiful. We just visited the area a couple years ago and couldn't recognize anything; no more woods, hills and dales. The same goes for the battlefield itself. When we explored it (again in the '70s) you could really see and feel what happened where. Even Dilworth was in the boondocks. When we did our reenactments we had large tracts of land to play on; the last couple we participated in (maybe 10 years ago), we camped and fought on the acreage near the HQs and visitors center.

These days we live near McGuire/Ft. Dix.

Mike