French and Indian War Encampment - Wetumpka

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - French and Indian War Encampment - Wetumpka

Posted: 4/22/2019 10:48:34 AM EDT

Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park is pleased to announce the annual French & Indian War Encampment taking place April 27-28, 2019, at Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park near Wetumpka, Alabama.

Saturday admission is $4 for adults and $2 for children (6-18 years). Sunday admission $2 for adults and $1 for children (6-18 years) on Sunday. Event hours are Saturday from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm and 9:00 am - 2:00 pm on Sunday.

This special event focuses attention on the main protagonists of the French & Indian War - France, Britain and their American Indian allies. Living history demonstrations of military, Indian, and civilian life will take place on Saturday and Sunday throughout the day. Re-enactors will be dressed and equipped as they appeared in North America during the middle of the eighteenth century.

Refreshments will be sold by BSA Troop 50, Venice Gelato, and Dixie Snack Company on Saturday. Please note, there will not be refreshments available for purchase on Sunday.

Looking at taking the grandson to this event. Anyone else been? Pointers? Take our own food?

Posted: 4/26/2019 12:15:04 PM EDT

[#1]

Well I guess I will go and report back.

Posted: 4/29/2019 2:22:45 PM EDT

[#2]

We had a pretty good time.

Posted: 4/29/2019 2:59:45 PM EDT

[#3]

Great pics, and I bet you guys learned some cool stuff.

Posted: 4/29/2019 4:57:23 PM EDT

[#4]

I think the blacksmith in your photos is the husband of one of my wife's cousins. He does a lot of living history stuff, and has a small forge at home.

Posted: 4/30/2019 7:56:28 AM EDT

[#5]

I always thought the arrangement of the fortification like that, with the "pickets" sticking out horizontal only made it easier to scale the "wall"
Sorry I didn't read your post earlier or I could've told you what to expect. I've been there many times throughout my growing up and have seen
this encampment, a large French encampment and even a Civil War cavalry charge ( that I don't think ever happened at that location though I
know they captured some steamboats at Wetumpka during Wilson's Raid.

Lot's to see with the encampment and Bartram's Nature trial with an overlook of the Alabama river and if you walk WAY in the back, a burial mound

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - French and Indian War Encampment - Wetumpka

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