Le Régiment Gatinois, 1781 - US

10/12/2026

Bonjour, mes amis!

Sincere apologies for the prolonged silence, we have all been kind of busy dealing with, well, everything.

But we're finally getting back to doing what we love, and on that note, we just wanted to show off the progress that our members have been making! Soldat Armand stands at attention in his recently completed set of issued small clothes. We diligently work on making sure work towards having full uniforms for everyone, with guêtres (leg gaitors) being next on the list for our fatigue order dress.

Vive le Roi!

09/05/2026

07/10/2026

06/10/2026

Sworn before George Washington on June 9, 1778, this oath of allegiance was taken by the Marquis De La Fayette, Major General in the Continental Army.

Source:
https://www.archives.gov/global-pages/larger-image.html?i=/historical-docs/doc-content/images/lafayette-oath-alleg-l.jpg&c=/historical-docs/doc-content/images/lafayette-oath-alleg.caption.html

03/19/2026

A detail from the painting "Redoubt #9" The French storm Redoubt #9 at Yorktown. The French assault force shouting "Long live the King, Kill , Kill" consisted of the Grenadiers and Chasseurs of the Royal Deux- Ponts (blue faced yellow coats) and Gatinais (white faced violet coats) . The defenders consisted of elements of two Hessian Regiments and several British. Grenades were hurled from both sides and axes freely used in the savage hand to hand in the dark. The French were told to kill anyone in a blue coat (referring to the Hessians) however, in the dark some of the Royal Deux Ponts may have suffered from friendly action. A French officer commented it was so dark that even the red coats looked blue. It was a bit of a challenge to make it dark enough but light enough at the same time. Prints are available from: artofdontroiani.com

01/09/2026

Bonjour Mes amis! Bon neuvelle!

Apologies for the radio silence, all of us have been rather busy of late, but hoping to change that with all the upcoming 250th events.

Starting off the new year, strong with a wonderful artifact being shared by the ever knowledgeable John U. Rees; an original gourd canteen (sadly mislabeled as wood) from the 18th's grenadiers, whom our sister unit Le Régiment Gatinois, 1781 - UK interprets and presents as.

"Last autumn I visited the National Museum of the United States Army, including their special exhibit on the American Revolution. I saw some artifacts I'd not seen before and many I'd never seen in person. Since many of those artifacts would be going back to their lending institutions in December 2025 I figured I would share some images. Here is the first artifact."