The King's Navy is a local group of dedicated Re-enactors striving to portray, as accurately as possible, the Sailors and Marines of the Royal Navy. Members of "The Kings Navy" have been participating in re-enacting for over twenty years and have appeared at events throughout the Pacific NW, Canada, California, and at historic events for the National Park Service and at Colonial Willamsburg. Through hands-on demonstration the daily life of 18th century sailors and Marines is brought to life.

 

Don Robinson has been re enacting for over 20 years . He is a skilled blacksmith, carpenter and tin smith. Don portrays both a sailor and a marine and has crewed on the Lady Washington.

 

Jerry Peterson is a retired National Park Ranger and Air Force officer. He has been to England several times to re enact with the HMS Victory folks and has many years of experience making historic clothing and gear. He portrays a naval surgeon.

Mike Ager is a skilled artist who has been reenacting for many years and brings a great deal of energy to the roles he portrays. Mike loves to teach and can always be depended on to interact with the public and share his knowledge. Mike portrays an able bodied seaman

 

Trevor Meredith hails from England and has many years experience doing soldier portrayals. He lives in Bend and will travel long distances to participate in our activities. Trevor is our corporal of Marines

 

Tom Brosia is a school teacher and has been re enacting at Ft Vancouver and various NW locations for many years and often goes into schools to teach history in uniform.. He is one of our Marine private soldiers.

 

Mark Hanus hails from Washington and has been doing re enactment for years. He often portrays a Russian naval officer at events at Ft. Vancouver and portrays an able bodied seaman with us

 

Staci Thomas is from the Eugene area but recently moved to Portland. She reenacts regularly with us and portrays a common woman of the period

 

Eva Woodson Is a student at OSU working on her Masters. She has been involved in re enactment her entire life and makes all her costumes from scratch. She portrays both an officers Lady and a Naval Lieutenant.

 

David Woodson has been re enacting for over 20 years at various locations in the NW. He has a love of all things relating to the English Navy and Portrays both a Marine and a sailor.

 

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