On June 17, 1981, Mr. Palmer True received a letter from Michael Vaquer, Jr. (Brigadier-Colonel, Commandant; Le Grande Armée au Yorktown) accepting Saintonge’s participation at Yorktown October, 1981. This letter came shortly after an inspection of the unit in June, where Saintonge was presented it’s colors and ribbon. This is the birth of le Regiment de Saintonge, Le 85ème Régiment d’Infanterie de Ligne.
To celebrate our 40th Anniversary, the regiment will be reaching out to current and past members to collect memorabilia, pictures, stories, etc. We will digitize what we can and add them to our archives and make them available to everyone to view at a Regimental Gathering and online. The time and place of the gathering has yet to be determined but it will be early 2021, so stay tuned.
If you have anything you’d like to share with us, pictures, stories, news articles etc. Please email us at info@saintonge.org. Thank you