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NOTE: This article originally appeared in the 2016 edition of the Patriots Gameday magazine.
On any given weekday, you can find Bryon Bausk monitoring sewage pumps, supervising lab work, or regulating the waste disposal process at the Town of Hudson Public Works Department, where he serves as the Assistant Chief Operator of the Wastewater Division.
The Marlborough, Mass. native oversees the treatment of up to two million gallons of water per day and can usually be spotted sporting jeans, a t-shirt and work boots around the plant. But on Sundays during the football season, Bausk dons a much different ensemble to the tune of a woolen coat, breeches, shirtsleeves, a vest and a colonial tricorn hat.
He trades in his test tubes for a flint lock black gun powder musket and stands alongside 19 others in the north end zone at Gillette Stadium, ready to cheer on the New England Patriots as the secondary officer of the team's End Zone Militia.
Call it a double life, he'll tell you it's just a hobby. But there's no arguing that Bausk and his fellow rallying revolutionaries have become a mainstay and one of the staring attractions at football games in Foxboro.
"It's the best seat in the house," said Bausk, who has been a member of the iconic group for 18 years this season.
The Militia was started in 1996 by Captain Geoff Campbell, a member of the reenactment unit for the 9th Massachusetts Regiment. After the New England Revolution soccer team was founded and named in accordance with the deep history surrounding their home region (much like their fellow Foxboro patrons the New England Patriots), Campbell reached out to the team's game presentation staff and asked if they'd like to have him, as well as some of the other colonial reenactors he worked with, come out to a game.
Campbell and his peers were initially invited to accompany the color guard onto the field before Revolution games, but as they quickly became fan favorites, the End Zone Militia secured a regular spot on the turf at all Patriots and Revolution contests.
Comprised of over 30 members in total, the End Zone Militia brings 20 to the field during each Patriots home game. Decked in authentic 18th century clothing, the team of reenactors interacts with players and fans, takes pictures, signs autographs and fires off a celebratory musket shot after each Patriots touchdown – perhaps the thing they're best known for.
