Based upon our 
experience with Farm Day and Children's Day we have expanded our Opening Day Event and renamed it Hampshire Family Frontier Day.
We are endeavoring
to introduce our friends to the lifestyle of Joseph Edwards and the other
settlers of mid-eighteenth century Hampshire County. There will be
reenactors and crafters who will share with our visitors the skills of the
colonial frontier. 
The event is at our site in Capon Bridge,West Virginia.
Admission to outdoor events is free. Admission is charged for Museum tours. Donations are graciously accepted.
Demonstrators will include: a reptile display, a surveyor, soldiers and gunmaker, dress maker, domestic chores, blacksmith, hook rug making, lace making, spinning, and some other crafts.
The Fort Edwards Foundation preserves and interprets
the site of Joseph Edwards's home and French and Indian War fort along the Cacapon
River in West Virginia's oldest county. This fort was one of Col. George Washington's
chain of forts protecting Virginia's western border.
The Artisans for Fort Edwards practice the arts
and crafts of the mid-eighteenth century settlers. They support The Fort Edwards
Foundation in interpreting our site and educating the public in colonial crafts.