From Times Reporter: Reenactment this weekend at Fort Laurens
Fort Laurens State Memorial will host the Brigade of the American Revolution as it presents “Revolution on the Tuscarawas” on Saturday and Sunday.
This two-day encampment and reenactment will feature two mock battles each day, as well as artillery demonstrations, rifle and musket demonstrations and an 18th-century flea market on Saturday and Sunday.
Re-enactors from the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment from the American side, as well as British soldiers from the King’s 8th Regiment of Foote, will be in camp and be able to demonstrate their weaponry and give visitors a taste of colonial life.
A special ceremony will take place on Saturday and Sunday at the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot of the American Revolution on the Fort Laurens grounds. There also will be guided tours given by 18th-century civilians and soldiers. Children’s colonial games will take place throughout the day.
Activities and demonstrations will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $7 for adults, $3 for children 14 and younger and $1 for Friends of Fort Laurens and Ohio Historical Society members with membership information.
For more information, contact Fort Laurens at 330-874-2059 or toll-free at 800-283- 8914, email fortlaurens@wilkshire.net or visit www.fortlaurens.org or www.facebook.com/fortlaurens.
