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
 April
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."
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