Citadel Halifax - MacKenzie

[tedinhfx]

For your viewing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUDKPbXnJG8

Background
The 78th Highland Regiment of Foot were raised in 1793 by Colonel Francis Humberston MacKenzie, Lord Seaforth (Chief of the Clan MacKenzie) at Fort George some fifteen miles north east of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Initially a single regiment of foot, a second battalion was added a year later but they were merged in 1796 while stationed in South Africa. In 1804, a second battalion was again raised by Major-General Alexander MacKenzie Fraser, brother-in-law of the regiment’s founder. In 1817, the two battalions were once more merged and finally, in 1881, the 78th became the 2nd Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders.

During the eighty-eight years from its foundation to its disappearance as a distinct regiment, the 78th, in its various formations, saw service in a dozen foreign countries, accumulated an enviable array of battle honours and saw eight of its officers and men awarded Britain’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, as well as a V.C. awarded to the regiment as a whole.

[Brandane]

Thanks for sharing, good to see a bit of living history being maintained.

[Livingston]

The 78th has been to Estes Park several times for the Longs Peak Highland Games in early September. I encourage everyone to see them if they come to your area.

[beloitpiper]

That is awesome. I'd LOVE to be part of the 78th.

[cajunscot]

That is awesome. I'd LOVE to be part of the 78th.

Same here; Ft. Snelling in Minnesota used to maintain a similar 1820's US Army living history company, but I'm not sure if they still do or not.

T.

[Macman]

Thanks for posting that, Ted. It's great to see the old blend with the new.

[O'neal]

Excellent video. I have been there and experienced the movement of the troops. It has a grand sense of history and the perfect place to don one's kilt. Thanks for bringing forth this video.

[Jack Daw]

Yes, I've had the pleasure of watching the military drills and pipes & drums of the 78th at the Long's Peak Highland Games. They are not to be missed.

[JolyStNicholas]

Thank you for sharing that grand piece of history with us. Well done laddie!

[Kent Frazier]

Thanks for posting. I'm doing my family history, and I have found my paternal 8th great-grandmother is a Mackenzie (or is it MacKenzie, I've seen it spelly both ways) who was married to a Fraser. Makes me wonder if I'm related to the above.