Calendar of Events 2018

Please Note: To offer help please call Clyde DeWitt (304-874-4291) 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 21, 2018 The Colonial Feast

Held at the Senior Center or Ruritan Community Center on Rt. 50 at Cold Stream Rd. in Capon Bridge (old church building across from current Methodist Church)
5:30-6:30, doors open, set-up, prepare etc. Dinner: 6:30-8:00 pm
Silent Auction and 50-50 drawing during same period.
Foundation President will give a short presentation on "The State of the Foundation."
The wearing of period clothing is a fun attribute of the feast and encouraged; not mandatory for attendance.
Bring one or more dishes of the following: meat (incl: game, stews, fish, chowders, etc.), vegetables, desserts and/or breads. Please check back for more details as they become available.

Season opening on June 16, 2018 - Hampshire Family Frontier Day

Note: Opening event has been moved up a week; it is no longer the last Saturday in June.

Please check back for details as they become available.

Maryland Forces will display soldier's skills and customs.

Many other features of the day for your enjoyment

Opening Day for the Fort Edwards Visitor Center

Held at our Visitor Center, 350 Cold Stream Road; however, check our directions as your GPS may not have the correct road name.

For more info Click Here

Oct. 7, 2018, Tea With Mrs. Edwards

Sunday, Time: 2-4 p.m. Young people of Hampshire County and old folks too! Come have tea with Mrs. Joseph Edwards at the Visitor Center. To celebrate another successful season of historical interpretation and discovery at the site of Edwards's Fort in Capon Bridge WV, the Fort Edwards Foundation invites all our neighbors and friends to this free afternoon event as our regular season closing event. Please R.S.V.P.: mamlister@verizon.net Click here for the Invitation.

School Programs

Note: The Visitor Center may 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.

Driving Directions

For directions to our site see our roadmap page. Your GPS may not have our new road name and number!

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