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Colonial Skills & Trades
F e b r u a r y 18 & 19 S y c a m o r e S h o a l s S t a t e H i s t o r i c A r e a
Visit Fort Watauga and step into a colorful Revolutionary world. Walk among settlers who share our past through talks, skits, and demonstrations of 18th century life. Come and learn about the daily tasks and trades that make a frontier settlement thrive!
Saturday, February 18th Sunday, February 19th
10:00 – Militia Inspection & Raising the Colours 10:00 – Raising the Colours
12:00 – Artillery Demonstration 11:00 – Worship Service
2:00 – Militia Drill or Skirmish 12:00 – Artillery Demonstration
3:00 – Artillery Demonstration 1:00 – Militia Drill or Skirmish
4:00 – Retiring the Colours, Event Closed 2:30 – Artillery Demonstration
Join us tomorrow ……. 3:00 – Retiring the Colours, Event Closed
Activities Throughout the Weekend Include…
Militia Drill & Training – Animal Husbandry – Chair Caning – Pine Needle Baskets – Natural Dyeing – Sewing – Leather Work – Scrimshaw – Open Hearth Cooking – Daily Frontier Life – Flintlock Rifle & Musket Firing – Tavern Life
This Event is Sponsored by:
The Washington County Regiment of North Carolina Militia For more information about other exciting living history events call
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area at
423-543-5808
or visit us on the web at
www.washingtoncountyregiment.wordpress.com
www.tnstateparks.com/SycamoreShoals/
