Calendar of Events

 Please Note: Two of our events are being redesigned!
To offer help please call Bob Flanagan (304-856-3866) or email Mark Jones
(see Contact page) if you can spare us your time and talents.
Without new help, all our events & programs will suffer.

Saturday, April 17, 2010, 6 p.m.  
Colonial Feast Commemorating the Battle of Great Cacapehon  -The Colonial Feast is being catered by Gourmet Central. The event is open to the public, but you must have tickets reserved no later than April 2nd. This year's Colonial Feast is being catered by Gourmet Central of Romney, W.Va., with a menu of: potato and leek soup; pickled beets and cucumber cream salad; baked ham with peach glaze and boneless baked chicken breast stuffed with herbed seasonings; baked butternut squash with butter and a light sprinkle of brown sugar; blanched green beans with drizzled oil and almonds; dried apple/blueberry cobbler; water, tea, and coffee; and homemade yeast rolls. Artisans of the colonial period crafts and arts will be present throughout the evening beginning at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. 

For tickets ($26) no later than April 2, call 304-496-7218 or 304-856-1635 or 856-3866; e-mail to rflanagan@fortedwards.org or markjones@fortedwards.org ; purchase tickets at the Capon Bridge Library or the Hampshire County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Main St. at the Bottling Works in Romney, W.Va. 

Note: this event will be held at the Capon Bridge Fire Hall, and there will not be a symposium with speakers although artisans and interpreters will be present beginning at 5 p.m. Ticket price is $26. 

Map of the Capon Bridge Fire Hall where the Colonial Feast is held.

Saturday, May ?, 2010  ?-? a.m.   
Spring Cleanup Day at Fort Edwards - come help get the Visitor Center, Garden and grounds in shape for our visitor season. Call 304-856-3866 for information.

Saturday, June 26, 2010  Hampshire Family Frontier Day & Opening Day of the Fort Edwards Summer Season
Although plans are still in the works, we expect to have several folks offering activities for young people inlcuding:

Lace making, potter, story telling, calligraphy, gunmaker, colonial clothing, Conestoga Wagon, wool spinning, rug hooking, the "Snake Man's" reptile demonstration and several other exciting and educational demonstrations.

For further information go to: www.FamilyFrontierDay.org

Sunday, October 3, 2010 - Visitor Center Closes for Season

Saturday & Sunday, September 25-26, 2010 - Founders Day in Capon Bridge - The Visitor Center will be open for this local event.

Note: The Visitor Center will be open for the School Tour Program in Sept., Oct., April and May, but this is by pre-registration only. Call Robert Flanagan for information on the program (304)856-3866. School tours may be scheduled in the winter months, but those tours are limited to a mazimum of 30 students.

Associated era events:

    See: www.FrontierForts.org calendar of events

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