WILLIAMSBURG — As many as 100 volunteer reenactors from as far away as Massachusetts and New Jersey will join Colonial Williamsburg’s military program staff for a weekend of events that tie into the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary.

The 2nd Virginia Regiment, which was authorized in August 1775, will be recreated as part of an elaborate reenactment both Saturday and Sunday at the military encampment on the same ground where they mustered 250 years ago.

Programs will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Also involved will be the trade shops throughout the Historic Area that will demonstrate how they contributed to army preparations in the 18th century.

The name of the program is “Williamsburg Dy’d of a Purple Coulour,” which references the distinctive color of the regiment’s hu

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