Pennsylvania State Historic Site Fort Loudoun
1720 North Brooklyn Road, Fort Loudon PA 17224
717-369-3473
Mailing Address: PO Box 181 Fort Loudon PA 17224
1720 North Brooklyn Road, Fort Loudon PA 17224
717-369-3473
Mailing Address: PO Box 181 Fort Loudon PA 17224
Here are some pictures from today's Colonial Day. It started out rainy and cloudy but the sun appeared before the end of the day. It was hard doing an event without Anna there but we made it through.
Colonial Day Saturday, June 17 at
State Historic Site of Fort Loudoun
Life on the 1700s era frontier will be highlighted at this year’s Colonial Day, Saturday, June 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the State Historic Site of Fort Loudoun, North Brooklyn Rd, Fort Loudon.
Throughout the day, there will be colonial cooking in the summer kitchen, blacksmithing, spinning and weaving and other colonial crafts, French and Indian War re-enactors and a display of Allegheny Uprising movie memorabilia.
A crowd favorite from past Colonial Days, Linda Zeigler will demonstrate how frontier women put food on the table using the fireplace hearth.
Samples will be available to visitors.
Jack Boggs will be on-site demonstrating blacksmithing skills that would have been needed for frontier life.
Bev Sanders and Virginia Christman will demonstrate the techniques and history of spinning and weaving of wool, alpaca, and silk fibers, along with some natural dye information in the Patton House.
At 1 p.m., local historian Calvin Bricker will speak on History of Local Forts: Indian Attacks on Hancock, Little Cove, Widow Barr‘s Place and Fort McDowell on February 28, 29 and March 1, 1756. There will be some seating available on-site for this talk. Visitors may bring their own lawn chairs.
The Kittatinny Associators will be camped inside the fort stockade. The group will be available to discuss frontier living to visitors.
Also inside the Patton House will be a display of Allegheny Uprising movie memorabilia. John Wayne starred in this 1939 adaptation of Neil Swanson’s The First Rebel, which told the story of James Smith and the Black Boys and Fort Loudoun.
Snacks and drinks will be available in the Patton House Gift Shop. Many items are on sale during Colonial Day in the gift shop. Fort Loudon throws in various colors are half price at $25.00; The Brian Tucker print Firing on Fort Loudoun, unframed, signed and numbers is $35 (regularly $75.00); cookbooks, totes and t-shirts have also been marked down.
Fort Loudoun is located 13 miles west of Chambersburg off Route 30 on North Brooklyn Road. Admission and parking are free.
State Historic Site of Fort Loudoun
Life on the 1700s era frontier will be highlighted at this year’s Colonial Day, Saturday, June 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the State Historic Site of Fort Loudoun, North Brooklyn Rd, Fort Loudon.
Throughout the day, there will be colonial cooking in the summer kitchen, blacksmithing, spinning and weaving and other colonial crafts, French and Indian War re-enactors and a display of Allegheny Uprising movie memorabilia.
A crowd favorite from past Colonial Days, Linda Zeigler will demonstrate how frontier women put food on the table using the fireplace hearth.
Samples will be available to visitors.
Jack Boggs will be on-site demonstrating blacksmithing skills that would have been needed for frontier life.
Bev Sanders and Virginia Christman will demonstrate the techniques and history of spinning and weaving of wool, alpaca, and silk fibers, along with some natural dye information in the Patton House.
At 1 p.m., local historian Calvin Bricker will speak on History of Local Forts: Indian Attacks on Hancock, Little Cove, Widow Barr‘s Place and Fort McDowell on February 28, 29 and March 1, 1756. There will be some seating available on-site for this talk. Visitors may bring their own lawn chairs.
The Kittatinny Associators will be camped inside the fort stockade. The group will be available to discuss frontier living to visitors.
Also inside the Patton House will be a display of Allegheny Uprising movie memorabilia. John Wayne starred in this 1939 adaptation of Neil Swanson’s The First Rebel, which told the story of James Smith and the Black Boys and Fort Loudoun.
Snacks and drinks will be available in the Patton House Gift Shop. Many items are on sale during Colonial Day in the gift shop. Fort Loudon throws in various colors are half price at $25.00; The Brian Tucker print Firing on Fort Loudoun, unframed, signed and numbers is $35 (regularly $75.00); cookbooks, totes and t-shirts have also been marked down.
Fort Loudoun is located 13 miles west of Chambersburg off Route 30 on North Brooklyn Road. Admission and parking are free.
Events for 2017:
Colonial Christmas- November
Christmas in the Village- December
Colonial Christmas- November
Christmas in the Village- December
Did you know Fort Loudoun and its bucket are featured on a book cover? The Archaeology of French and Indian War Frontier Forts
by Lawrence E. Babits (Editor), Stephanie Gandulla (Editor)
Stephen Warfel contributed an article on Fort Loudoun for the book.
by Lawrence E. Babits (Editor), Stephanie Gandulla (Editor)
Stephen Warfel contributed an article on Fort Loudoun for the book.
