185th Great Trek Celebrations
Freedom Seekers of the Eastern Cape Colony
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Great Trek, History -- South Africa, Basil MillsAbstract
Basil came to share with LAHS an experience he’d had at the 185th Great Trek Celebrations held at the Karel Landman monument on 16 December 2023. He had been invited to assist F.A.K. with some of the practical aspects of this event, which was a wonderful family gathering where children were able to sing, ride horses and play games. The Bathurst Agricultural Museum and Basil's SABRE (South African Battle Re-enactment Society) members demonstrated bygone skills, games, cooking, and the firing of a 200-year-old cannon. Different parts of the wagon were explained, how the Voortrekkers drew up into defence laagers, the resilience of the women in loading the muskets and treating the wounded in times of battle, and caring for the children in isolated and difficult times
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Bulpin, T V. The Great Trek. Printpak: Cape Town, 1976
Cloete, Stuart. The Fiercest heart. Collins: Glasgow, 1960
Schoon, H.F. The Diary of Erasmus Smith. Struik: Cape Town, 1972
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