Battle of Trenton 2007

Yesterday was the battle of Trenton reenactment. I got a ride from different folks that usual (no big deal). We were rather surprised that Hessians were the only crown forces that showed up for the battle. Adding to the 'fun' was that the rebels showed up in huge numbers so that we were outnumbered about 10 to 1. Yikes!

With that said, I think I won't be attending the battle next year. The severely cut budget of the Barracks has shown this year in poor crowd control. The event always has a bit of wonky street fighting, but this year they failed to move parked cars, and had only three officers for traffic control. The result? Well, we dang near had a few cars racing through the battle. I think the Battle of Germantown has four times as many cops and they only have to block off 1 two-way street (and a side street). This level of safety screw up has me thinking I'll skip it next year.