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LIVING HISTORY SPECIAL EVENTS
Fort Dobbs 250th Anniversary

"We drove down from Ohio to meet our friends from Florida who drove up for the weekend.
This is a beautiful location. Are you doing this again next year?" — Great Wagon Festival Visitor
"I've been waiting for this weekend for months!" — War for Empire Visitor


2008 EVENT SCHEDULE

March 8-9: pring Living History Weekend. The fort's garrison shakes off the winter frost and focuses heavily on military drill as the spring thaw opens another campaigning season. 10 am - 4 pm

Click to view full-size .pdf posterApril 19-20: ar for Empire 1758. Fort Dobbs comes alive with soldiers, Indians and civilians as we look at NC's role in the French and Indian War. Hundreds of Provincial soldiers from NC served under John Forbes during his successful campaign to capture French Fort DuQuesne. The event will feature a recreated skirmish of the 1758 Forbes Campaign as well as scholarly lectures from guest speakers. A $5 donation is suggested. 10 am - 4 PM Reservations for free school day April 18, call: 704-873-5882.

Click POSTER (at right) to view complete schedule. (.pdf).

Click HERE to listen to the call. (.mp3)

Registered Period Vendors include:

  • Eastern Colonial Trading Company
  • The Musket Shop of NC
  • Mark Ewing Guns and Powder Horns
  • The Mountain Forge
  • Warrior's Path Trading Co.
  • Dragon Fly Traders
  • Daniel Boone of Kentucky, LLC
  • and more!

May 17-18: ortifying the Post. Provincial soldiers continue to improve the defenses of Fort Dobbs, while sharpening their skill at musket and artillery drill. 10 am - 4 pm

August 2-3: uarding the Frontier. The fort's garrison practices the skills they need to effectively patrol NC's Western frontier and guard the post of Fort Dobbs. 10 am - 4 pm.

October 4-5: ighteenth Century Trade Faire. This event focuses on the civilians whose lives were disrupted by the French and Indian War. Indians, tradesmen, militia, soldiers, and others will set up their camps around Fort Dobbs and allow the public to experience a snapshot of life in the 1750's. The event will feature a recreation of an April 1760 Indian raid, as well as scholarly lectures by guest speakers. A $5 donation is suggested. 10 am - 4 pm. Reservations for free school day October 3, call: 704-873-5882.

November 8-9: ood at the Fort. The soldiers of Fort Dobbs enjoy the fruits of the local harvest as they prepare to settle into winter quarters. 10 am - 4 pm.

December 6-7: intering in Wartime. Find out how the garrison of Provincial soldiers lived during the winter of 1755. Visit with the men as they prepare for the coming seasonal festivities. 10 am - 4 pm. Evening program on Saturday from 6 pm.- 8 pm.

Fort Dobbs special events and living history weekends are made possible by the generous support of Friends of Fort Dobbs, whose mission is to serve the mission of Fort Dobbs State Historic Site - "Preserve and interpret North Carolina's only French and Indian War fort site to all citizens and visitors."


JURIED EVENT INFORMATION

Event Application (.pdf)

Event Application (MS Word)

Mandatory Guidelines (.pdf)

INTERPRETIVE RESOURCES

Basic Equipment for Native Portrayals (.pdf)

Native Men (.pdf)

Native Women (.pdf)

Building a Militia Impression (.pdf)

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