UPCOMING EVENTS
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The REAL Santa will be visiting Historic Fort Loudoun on Saturday, December 16th, 12PM to 5PM. Parents bring your cameras, take photos, no fee!
Craft Vendors on site. Museum and gift shop open. Fort Tours, axe throwing, kids games, blacksmithing, fur trade display, garrison drill, and...the Belsnickel. FREE |
PAST EVENTS
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Join us at Fort Loudoun on November 11th for an interactive experience as we commemorate the Allegheny Uprising, aka. Black Boys Rebellion of 1765. What side will you choose: the British garrison or Justice William Smith and the frontier rebels? Each side will present convincing arguments and you decide who you will support. Learn about this pre-Revolutionary War uprising and it’s impact on American history.
Public! Admission is FREE gift shop and musem opens at 10AM & the action begins at 1200 sharp! |
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Enjoy a fun filled evening at Tavern Night. Candlelit colonial ambiance will be on full display in the historic fort on Saturday October 21st from 4pm to 8pm. Axe throwing, games, music and more. Bring a date and/or friends and spend a candle lit evening enjoying the evening pastimes of the 18th Century. This event is FREE and includes complementary refreshments. Great music by Forbes Road Frolic! |
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Medieval Days
October 14 and 15th 10AM - 3PM Come to Medieval Days at Fort Loudoun for a weekend of history! You will find a variety of living history groups, from the Vendel Era to the dawn of the Renaissance, demonstrating activities one would encounter in markets, homes, military camps. Barter with merchants, train with soldiers, smell a variety of cuisines, and experience daily life in a medieval village. |
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School of the Dragoon
September 29, 30, and October 1st. Hear ye all fine intended horseman and adventurous gentleman volunteers entreating that they will form themselves into companies of Light Horse. Come join us for a weekend dedicated to horsemanship, reenactor skills, and camaraderie. PLEASE RSVP / ASAP and contact Jim French at 4thlightdragoons@gmail.com |
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From September 1st through the 4th, 2023, Slavic and Viking Fest
Wolin in America is based on the legendary and most popular festival in Poland. Viking and Slavic teams from all over the United States, from Europe, and all over the world. Among them, Lubomir Aleksandrowicz, one of the greatest reenactors, from Poland. Combat demonstrations in Eastern and western styles, vendors, Music bands from Europe and America and Slavic and Viking cuisine. In addition, we anticipate many games and activities. The website for this event is wolininamerica.webador.com. |
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One of the largest history events in Pennsylvania!
Visit and shop with some of the best 18th Century Artisans in the country (some coming as far away as Connecticut, Michigan, and Florida), which includes demonstrations and entertainment of early American life. Purchase one-of-a-kind items! Listen to Forbes Road Frolic’s early American Music. Be entertained by Professor Horn’s Punch & Judy Show. Watch your pockets at Scoundrel Alley’s dirty jobs museum! Eat great food from Halfcrown Bakehouse, Georgian Kitchen, Antietam Dairy, Edward's Kettlecorn, Uncle Eddie's BBQ, Shuman's Concessions, Jenni's Knife and Spork, and Redneck Dogs Sponsored by MUZZLELOADER Magazine and Franklin County Visitors Bureau |
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Fire a Roman Ballista, crawl into a WWII foxhole, shoot a medieval longbow! Experience hands-on history at Fort Loudoun's “Across the Centuries”, a living history timeline that covers 2,000 years of world history. From Ancient Greeks and Romans to World War II and Vietnam, this event has something for everyone! Food vendors on site.
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Visit Fort Loudoun on April 1st and 2nd and experience America in the 17th Century. The 17th Century School of the Soldier is a weekend long exercise for reenacting units that specialize in this period. Want to see matchlocks, pikemen, and swordplay…this is your chance.
Interested in the history of the Norse people commonly referred to today as Vikings? Join Njörðr's Wanderers at Fort Loudoun for a weekend of early Medieval history. FREE.
A Viking warband has established a Longphort along a local waterway for the duration of winter. We are trading the last of our goods on hand, crafting items for next year's trade, putting up supplies for the winter, and securing the vicinity against the locals. There is talk that the location would make a fine trade town, and a few have started on establishing a permanent settlement. Journey back to 1757 when Pennsylvania’s Army occupied Fort Loudoun. Join Joseph Armstrong’s Company of Pennsylvania Provincial Soldiers as they garrison Fort Loudoun.
Learn about what life was like for soldiers at a frontier post like Fort Loudoun. These soldiers patrolled the area, guarded farmers, escorted supplies, and built the Forbes Road. A gathering of Highland Clans and celebrate Scottish culture, 18th Century style. Kilts & Bagpipes! Need we say more?
Did you know that before becoming a General in the American Revolution, Hugh Mercer (the namesake of Mercersburg) was a Scottish rebel in the last Civil War in Britain called the Jacobite Rebellion, aka. "the 45."?
Visit Fort Loudoun March 25th and 26th and catch a glimpse of the Jacobite Rising, the last challenge to the British crown in 1745. See Highlanders, lowlanders and British regulars of the mid 18th Century. Learn about Mercers’ journey from rebel to American, Highland Culture, the Jacobites, the ‘45 Rising and its impact on America. |