In last month's Wargamer's Newsletter there was an Editorial dealing with the Arms and Armour Press AMERICAN MILITARY HERITAGE CONVENTION held in London on 27th March. A feature of this event was a unique presentation of the American Revolution Battle of Freeman's Farm, carried out as a wargame/demonstration by Don Featherstone and Peter Gilder, using the wonderful terrain and models of Peter's that were photographed for Curt Johnson's book BATTLES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (published by Sampson Lowe). John Mansfield, who has already been mentioned attends all these conventions, was mightily impressed with this demonstration and wrote the following in his magazine SIGNAL: "The wargame demonstration was excellent. With Don Featherstone as the British Commander and Peter Gilder as the U.S.. player, the first battle of Saratoga rolled before you. They madd good use of a piece of terrain, as well as tapes and slides. One really felt they were there and one saw the 3 British Battalions hold out against many times their number led by Benedict Arnold! A fascinating battle that could have gone either way at. any moment!! Really excellent." It is hoped that this form of demonstration will prove popular, both to wargamers and to the general public. For a non-initiated person to watch a wargame is a puzzling business with all the attraction of watching a woman knit - it is hoped that these wargames/demonstrations, using firstclass terrain and figures, will attract to the hobby a class of wargamer perhaps more mature and with a greater military knowledge than usual - which will be of benefit to us all. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 171 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1976 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com