Reenactment of 1777 battle brings history alive for thousands By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times During the height of the battle, a haze of musket fire fills the air. “A most infernal fire of cannon and musquetry” is how one officer described the fighting he witnessed at Sandy Hollow in Birmingham Township during the Battle of the Brandywine on Sept. 11, 1777. On Saturday and Sunday,...