LIVING
HISTORY SPECIAL EVENTS
"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
2013
FORT DOBBS EVENT SCHEDULE
For additional event details - see press releases as they are issued in our NEWS section!
 iving History Weekend: 18th Century Camp Life
June 8-9
Historic interpreters will present musket and cannon firing demonstrations as well as on-going demonstrations of 18th Century camp life.
10am-4pm Saturday
10am-3pm Sunday
 ummer Camp Day
July 12
Summer camps are invited to Fort Dobbs to learn about the culture of American-Indians, watch musket firing demonstrations and learn about day-to-day life on the Carolina frontier through hands-on activities and demonstrations. Participation by reservation only.
Friday
econd Saturday Program: Oven Construction
July 13
Lend a hand as historic interpreters build a clay bread baking oven of the type used by many soldiers and settlers in the 18th Century.
10am-2pm Saturday
econd Saturday Program: The Cherokee Warrior
August 10
Visit with historic interpreters portraying Cherokee warriors from the French and Indian War to learn more about their lives, equipment and weapons.
10am-4pm Saturday
 all School Day
September 27
Hands-on school programming allows students the opportunity to visit various stations to learn about the culture of American Indians, watch musket and cannon firing demonstrations, observe period tradesmen at work and try their skill at typical games of the time. By reservation only.
Friday
iving History Weekend: 18th Century Camp Life
September 28-29
Historic Interpreters will present musket and cannon firing demonstrations as well as on-going demonstrations of 18th Century camp life.
10am-4pm Saturday
10am-3pm Sunday
iving History Weekend: Fall Harvest
October 26-27
Historic interpreters will present musket and cannon firing demonstrations as well as on-going demonstrations of 18th Century camp life with special emphasis on the effect of the fall harvest and how it affected the diets of soldiers.
10am-4pm Saturday
10am-3pm Sunday
 ilitary Timeline
November 9-10
North Carolina has survived numerous invading military forces and sent tens of thousands of her sons and daughters off to war over the centuries. Visit with Cherokee warriors, Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, WWII G.I.'s and grunts from Vietnam, among others, and learn how their uniforms, equipment and experience have changed over the past three hundred years. Weapons firing demonstrations will be featured throughout each day.
10am-4pm Saturday
10am-3pm Sunday
iving History Weekend: Winter Life
December 7-8
Historic interpreters will present musket and cannon firing demonstrations as they explain how soldiers fared in the winter. An evening tour will be offered at 7pm Saturday where guests can warm themselves by a bonfire and sing carols from the 18th Century.
10am-4pm Saturday
10am-3pm Sunday
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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