Ft. Edwards at Heritage Days 2007

The Fort Edwards Foundation of Capon Bridge, West Virginia

French and Indian War Heritage Days
in Romney at the Bottling Works
September 6-7, 2008

For Heritage Days 2008 The Fort Edwards Foundation is again bringing colonial history to the Bottling Works in Romney and supporting Hampshire Heritage Days, our county-wide weekend event. Hours are Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Schedule of Speakers in the Auditorium on Saturday the 6th:

Ned Miller: "Agriculture in Early Hampshire County" 10:15 a.m.
Julie White: "Women in the Ministry in the Eighteenth Century" 11:00 Am until 11:45 AM.
Patty Cooper: Mad Anne Bailey, in character presentation 11:45 AM until 12:30 PM.
Elissa Parish: "Children's Clothing in the Eighteenth Century" 12:30 p.m.- 1:45 p.m.
Dick Bower: "Native Warriors of the French & Indian War: Dress and Accoutrements" 1:45 PM until 2:30 PM.
Clyde & Judi DeWitt: "Bobbin Lace Making" 2:30 p.m. until 3:15 p.m.
Paul Parish: "Surveying the Frontier," the surveyor in the Virginia frontier 3:15 PM until 4:00PM.
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Anne Bailey Andrew Montour Surveyor Chairmaker, Charles Boland Indian interpreter Educational Displays

Click Here to go to information about registering to display with Fort Edwards.

The Artisans for Fort Edwards will be on hand demonstrating eighteenth century arts and crafts including basket making, weaving, rug making, lace making and colonial carpentry. This year we will also have a beautiful display of flintlock rifles. We will also have some wagons representing early transportation and our very informative wagon master.

Unfortunately, Charles Boland, our award winning Winsor Chair maker, can not make the event this year.

This year we will have an expanded educational display with a new slide show and other additions. The Musuem Shop will display its wares particularly our large collection of books on colonial history and some new maps.

Here are some photos from last year's event. We will continue to post information on the upcoming 2008 event as it becomes available to us.

Artisans at Heritage Days

Shown above are the Artisans for Fort Edwards set up on the front room of the building. Many fine artisans and craftspersons will be with us again.

View of the grounds of the Loy Foundation's Bottling Works during Heritage Days 2007.

We would like to thank Mr. Bob Mayhew and the folks at the Loy Foundation for inviting us to use their wonderful facility at the old Bottling Works. This is a great example of two private, non-profit foundations joining to provide the community a first class educational opportunity. We appreciate the Loy Foundation's commitment to putting "Heritage" back into Hampshire Heritage Days and look forward to a continuing relationship with them.

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Registering to display at Heritage Days 2008
If you would like to be part of the colonial history celebration at Hampshire Heritage Days and you have not been invited to display at the Bottling works with The Fort Edwards Foundation and you are an eighteenth century reenactor or crafter/artisan you must contact the Foundation president, Mark Jones, to register . If you do not preregister, you will not be allowed to set up in or on the grounds of the Bottling Works.
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