Loyola Phoenix: British invade Lake Shore Campus

Item

Title

Loyola Phoenix: British invade Lake Shore Campus

Description

Item 1:
This article by Lu Ann Kowar covers a Revolutionary War re-enactment held at the Loyola Lake Shore Campus athletic field to commemorate the war by holding demonstrations, lectures, and interviews. Loyola students and faculty attended, as did younger students.
The reenacting group was clled the Fourth Regiment (Foot Infantry) and was made up of 17 members in handmade historic uniform with replica weapons and tools. They aimed to dispel assumptions about what the war was really like.
Item 2:
This detail includes the photo featured in the article, showing reenacters in a field using tools while a crowd watches.

Date, date span, or circa acceptable

1975-10-17

File name

The Loyola Phoenix, 1975-10-17, page 1, British invade Lake Shore Campus

Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives

University Archives and Special Collections

Source

University Archives and Special Collections, The Loyola Phoenix, 1975-10-17, page 1, British invade Lake Shore Campus

Subject

Loyola University Chicago
American Bicentennial

Rights

Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.

Item sets

Loyola Phoenix: British invade Lake Shore Campus Loyola Phoenix: British invade Lake Shore Campus (detail)