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Siege at the Blockhouse Application 2009
Dates:
5/30/2009 - 5/1/2009
Location:
Block House
Description:
Siege at the Wilderness Road Blockhouse
Saturday and Sunday May 30-31, 2009
Camp Set-up Friday May 29
10 - 5 daily, with evening events on Saturday
"Battles" at 1 and 8:30 PM, on Saturday
Natural Tunnel State Park
Duffield, Virginia
Dear Living History Reenactors, Vendors, and other interested parties,
The Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association, in cooperation with Natural Tunnel State Park, invites you to join us for "Siege at the Wilderness Road Blockhouse." This Living History event is in its sixth year and is growing bigger and better each time. The Wilderness Road Blockhouse was constructed in 2003, by the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Association, as a representation of the fortified frontier home of John Anderson. Anderson built his home in 1775 near the North Fork of the Holston River, and it became a landmark noted in 18th century journals, letters, and publications along the westward migration route that traveled through Cumberland Gap into Kentucky. Several notable figures from the history of that period are associated with it, including Daniel Boone, Col. Richard Calloway, Judge Richard Henderson, Col. Joseph Martin, as well as Anderson, who continued to be a prominent figure in his community throughout the remainder of his life. Our event attempts to give the visitor a taste of life on the Virginia frontier in 1775 and to tell stories associated with late 18th century westward American migration, though they may have happened at other sites along the route. We work hard to tell a balanced and accurate story of the settlers of European descent, African Americans, and of the American Indians of the time and place.
Interested participants can expect the following amenities: Those with period appropriate camping gear are encouraged to camp at the Blockhouse site; water, firewood, and bathrooms are available nearby at the Wilderness Road Blockhouse Interpretative Center; showers are available at Natural Tunnel State Park Swimming Pool, a short drive or walk; and a limited number of folks can be accommodated overnight in a dorm style Park facility; The DBWT Assoc. provides breakfast sandwiches on Saturday, May 31 and a fast-food supper on that evening. There is a campground in the Park with electrical hookups and water for which reservations may be made. We currently charge no fee for vendors; period appropriate vendors can locate next to the historic area, others elsewhere; there will be a food vendor selling snacks, drinks, hot dogs during the day on Saturday and Sunday. Siege at the Wilderness Road Blockhouse is not yet a juried event, but we ask that participants make every effort to be appropriate representations of the late 18th century Virginia frontier.
Please let us know to expect you. Respond by returning the bottom of this letter. It may be sent by email to Daniel Huffman at Daniel.Huffman@state.tn.us or by US mail to Daniel Huffman, 10585 Stanley Valley Road, Gate City, VA 24251-5876. Deadline for registration is the last day of April, 2009.
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Please tell us who your are, what you do. (Persona? Craft? Skills?)
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To arrange to stay in a Park dorm-style facility or to make a campground reservation, please contact Park Interpreter Megan Krager at 276 940 1643.
Contact Person:
Megan Krager
