Affiliated Units/Military Societies

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Gold's Dragoons enjoys long established relationships with organizations and societies of a similar ethos. We  offer a palette of military talks, weapon demonstrations (mounted and on foot ), historical courts martial, charity shoots and our annual polo cup final match to raise funds for recognized charities.
Photos from a number of such events are displayed below.

THE 277TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ST. ANDREW SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA, FROM THE LEFT CHARLIE BOHNENBERGER, CENTER: PAST PRESIDENT CRAIG MILLS, ON HIS LEFT, NEIL TANNER AND JOHN MCMEEKIN

BOSTON PARADE FORM UP, FROM THE LEFT, DAVID PALLADINO, PIPER, ROGER BYROM, RORY CAPRA, JOHN CONLIN, STEPEHN RYAN, TONY O'REGAN, SANDY SEARS. THE GENTLEMEN IN MESS DRESS AND COMBAT UNIFORM RECEIVED THEIR PARADE UNIFORMS THE FOLLOWING DAY!

BOSTON BANQUET, 2024. FROM LEFT, GUS NIEWENHOUS, JUDGE ADVOCAT, JOHN CONLIN, TROOP COMMANDER, STEPHEN RYAN, GUIDON BEARER, OX GARA, MR. VICE, DAVID PALLADINO, PIPER, TONY O'REGAN, ROGER BYROM, RORY CAPRA

THE GOLD'S DRAGOON CONTINGENT ASSEMBLES OUTSIDE FRAUNCES TAVERN FOR THE 2023 MARCH TO BOWLING GREEN TO CELEBRATE EVACUATION DAY. FROM THE LEFT, JOSIAH DE LA MOTTE, ROGER BYROM, CHESTER BURLEY, MICK BURGESS

DUTY PIPER MICK BURGESS LEADS TROOP COMMANDER JOHN CONLIN AND THE GOLD'S DRAGOONS CONTINGENT TO BOWLING GREEN, 2023. CHESTER BURLY WITH THE GUIDON, ON THE RIGHT, KARL KICHNER, REAR, JOSIAH DE LA MOTTE

TROOP COMMMANDER, JOHN CONLIN, ADDRESSES THE CROWD, EXPLAINING THE HISTORY

JOHN CONLIN RECEIVES THE BRITISH FLAG AFTER IT IS REPLACED BY THE STARS AND STRIPES

JOHN CONLIN, CHESTER BURLEY AND MICK BURGESS RELAX IN THE WHISKY BAR OF FRAUNCES TAVERN

GOLD'S DRAGOONS COLOR PARTY ON BOSTON COMMON, JUNE 5TH, 2023. FROM THE LEFT, TROOP COMMANDER JOHN CONLIN, DAN HOOKER, STEPHEN RYAN, RORY CAPRA AND CHESTER BURLEY, HONORARY TREASURER

GOLD'S DRAGOONS AS GUESTS AT THE POST BANQUET, JUNE 5TH, FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL CAPTAIN'S INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF BOSTON. FR. THE LFT, RON MORNEAU, JOHN CONLIN, CHESTER BURLEY AND STEPHEN RYAN

GOLD'S DRAGOONS COLOR PARTY, PARADING IN BOSTON ON JUNE 6TH, 2022, AT THE INVITATION OF THE ANCIENT AND HONORABLE ARTILERY COMPANY OF BOSTON, CHARTERED 1634, THE OLDEST CHARTERED MILITARY ORGANIZATION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. GOLDS, CHARTERED 1662 GOT PRIDE OF PLACE, FOLLOWING THE ANCIENTS, BUT AHEAD OF ALL OTHER UNITS IN THE CENTENNNIAL LEGION PARTICIPATING IN THE PARADE FROM FANEUIL HALL TO BOSTON COMMON. 2ND FROM THE LEFT, PAUL JAGGER, STEPHEN RYAN, RORY CAPRA, JOHN CONLIN

EVACUATION DAY, NYC, NOVEMBER 24, 2021. GOLD'S DRAGOONS DUTY PIPER MICK BURGESS LEADS PRESIDENT JOHN CONLIN (CENTER) AND HON. TREASURER, CHESTER BURLEY - CARRYING THE TROOP GUIDON - MARCHING FROM FRAUNCES TAVERN TO BOWLING GREEN

CHESTER BURLEY AND (RIGHT) CAPTAIN OF POLO JAMES DEANGELIS ON THE MARCH

HON. TREASURER CHESTER BURLEY PARADES THE GOLD'S DRAGOON'S GUIDON AT THE GENERAL COURT AND ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS, DECEMBER 19, 2019, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1675 GREAT SWAMP FIGHT, WHERE GOLDS DRAGOONS FOUGHT AS A MEMBER OF THE CONNECTICUT FORCES. THE SOCIETY PRESENTED GOLD'S WITH A BATTLE STREAMER FOR THE GUIDON.

EVACUATION DAY, 2019, FEDERAL HALL, WALL STREET, NYC, MARKING THE 1783 DEPARTURE OF BRITISH TROOPS. JOHN CONLIN, BEFORE DISCUSSING BLACK LOYALISTS IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, CONFIRMS THAT QUEEN ELIZABETH PERSONALLY OWNS THE LAND UNDER TRINITY CHURCH NEARBY, BUT CERTAINLY HAS NO PLANS TO DEVELOP THE SITE...

LED BY PIPERS, THE VCA CONTINGENT (LEFT) MARCHES PAST THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE ON THEIR WAY TO BOWLING GREEN. THE GOLDS' DRAGOONS CONTINGENT (ABOVE) FORMS UP IN THE REAR OF THE COLUMN. FROM THE LEFT, DAN HOOKER, USMC, JOHN CONLIN, BRITISH ARMY AND GEORGE JACKSON, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY. DAN IS APPARENTLY BEING QUIZZED BY AN AMERICAN PATRIOT... THEIR REWARD FOR SUCH CIVIC DUTY, HANDING NEW YORK CITY OVER TO AMERICA? THEY WERE GUESTS OF THE LOWER MANHATTAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT A LUNCH IN FRAUNCE'S TAVERN.

AFTER 350 YEARS, GOLD'S DRAGOONS IS STILL SALUTING THE BRITISH ARMY WAY. OUR FOUNDING PATRON, KING CHARLES II, WOULD BE VERY PLEASED, NO DOUBT

COL. STEPHEN RYAN, COMMANDER OF THE VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY HANDS OVER THE UNION FLAG TO JOHN CONLIN FOR SAFEKEEPING, PRIOR TO THE RAISING OF THE STARS AND STRIPES.

AT THE ANNUAL SERVICE OF THE MILITARY AND HOSPITALLER ORDER OF ST. LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM, IN NEWPORT R.I., APRIL 2019, GRETCHEN TUCKER, LEFT, WHO SINGS AT MANY GOLD'S EVENTS, OFFERED GREGORIAN CHANTS A CAPELLA. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A BANQUET, WHERE SHE SANG SONGS FROM THE GREAT WAR AND MESS PRESIDENT JOHN CONLIN GAVE A PRESENTATION ON AMERICAN ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I.

MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS MESS DINNER, NORTH KINGSTON, R.I., MARCH 2019. FROM THE LEFT, NICK NUZZO (AUDIO/VISUAL) AND WIFE MARITA, JOHN CONLIN, "SONGBIRD" MS. GRETCHEN TUCKER AND MASTER OF HORSE DAVID LODA. GOLD'S OFFERED A HISTORICAL COURT MARTIAL UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GOLD'S JUDGE ADVOCATE, GUS NIEWENHOUS, RIGHT

GOLD'S CONTINGENT AT THE VICTORIAN MILITARY SOCIETY MESS DINNER, NEWPORT, R.I. FEBRUARY 2019

MEMBERS OF GOLD'S, THE VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY AND THE LOWER MANHATTAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WHO BRAVED 17 DEGREE TEMPERATURES TO CELEBRATE NEW YORK'S 1783 EVACUATION DAY, FOLLOWED BY LUNCH IN FRAUNCES TAVERN, NOV 23RD, 2018

2017 VCA EVACUATION DAY CEREMONY, FEDERAL HALL, WALL STREET. MESS PRESIDENT OF GOLD'S, JOHN CONLIN, REPRESENTING BRITISH FORCES, THREATENS TO HAVE OUT-OF-UNIFORM VCA COL. ALLEN MILMAN ARRESTED AS A PATRIOT SPY

QUEEN'S CLUB, SAN FRANCISCO

CARABAO WALLOW, WASHINGTON, DC

VETERAN CORPS OF ARTILLERY ANNUAL MESS DINNER, 7th REGIMENT ARMORY

OFFICERS' MESS, GOC SCOTLAND, OX GARA, "MR. VICE," ON LEFT

VICTORIAN MILITARY SOC. MESS NIGHT, NEWPORT, R.I. "TO BREAK THE BACK OF WINTER". THE LATE CAPT. TOM HUDNER, MoH, 4TH FROM THE LFT