Last week was History Day at the Legislature in Charleston. I was quite excited to see the inside of the beautiful capitol building! (And it did not disappoint!!) What started as a long anticipated night away from the families for Steph and I changed to a lone adventure when her daughter and son-in-law welcomed a brand new bundle of joy!!!! (Congratulations Jessie and Riley!) I have to say thank you to Steve Hart for all of his help and hard work to make the day a success. I would also like to congratulate him on his West Virginia History Hero Award! It was great to see displays about other historical sites in West Virginia, and also to meet and speak with other presenters. I was very happy to attend and represent Fort Randolph!
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It's the end of January, and while I certainly remember colder winters, I have to admit that I'm looking forward to spring! I, and the other people on the fort planning committee, are getting ready to have our planning meeting soon so that we can begin to plan the Fort's big event, the annual Siege. Stephanie and I have also been planning seminars for the summer, and we have been planning those for quite some time. We plan to have a hat and ladies' accessories seminar, a persona seminar (with possible guest "lecturer" Gilbert Casto), and a hearth baking seminar. We also plan to reinstate Liberty Day as a children's interactive seminar. Continue to watch this site and our Facebook pages for more information and registration forms. If you have any ideas, please let a member of the planning committee know.
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On Saturday, Stephanie, Jessica and I took a “field trip” to the Fair at New Boston. First of all, the weather was perfect!!! Sunny and warm, but not too warm…just perfect!!! Second of all, the food was AMAZING!!!!! I’m pretty sure that you could sample all of the food there and never get past the food vendors! And the shopping? A reenactor’s paradise to be sure! While we were there we visited the Native village. Wow!! While we have talked before, it led to more discussions about how to better demonstrate an showcase the “Indian Camp” at the Fort. We would love to see more demonstrations during the annual Siege and more structures….even lean-tos. I’m betting that our Fort Family that portrays Natives have some awesome ideas, and we would love to hear them! If you have never visited The Fair at New Boston (http://www.fairatnewboston.org/), put it on your calendars for next year. It is an awesome event! If you have any ideas about building up the “Indian Camp”, talk to us! I won’t make any promises, but we can certainly dream and look into ways to possibly make some of those dreams come true! (This blog was originally posted on WordPress. -- Deb) What an exciting summer this has turned out to be at Fort Randolph! The Siege of Fort Randolph, held annually on the third weekend of May, was great! We had many old and new reenacting friends join us for the weekend. While we again focused the drama on the killing of Chief Cornstalk and then subsequent siege of Fort Randolph, we had a great portrayal of Cornstalk from a first time reenactor visiting the Fort. Thank you, Griffin!! (Thank you, Eddie Lowe for the wonderful picture!!!) We have also had three seminars this summer, something new we are trying at the Fort. In June we had two seminars, the men learned how to make a hunting pouch, while the ladies learned about native culinary and medicinal plants. In July the ladies had a seminar about 18th century breads and spreads where we learned to make sweet and savory butter, how to feed sourdough, and explored making fry breads with different types of flour. At each seminar, a wonderful lunch was prepared for participants by Stephanie, and her daughters Carol and Jessica. We are looking forward to our fall activities, including a ladies seminar where we will be making a muff, participating in Battle Days at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park, Harvest Fest (where there will be a knife making seminar and a blanket coat seminar), and Christmas on the Frontier. For a full schedule of activities, please see our website (https://www.fortrandolph.weebly.com), or find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/fortrandolph/ or https://www.facebook.com/fortrandolphladies1777/)
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AuthorMy name is Deb Cassady, and I will be adding a blog to our website. I would ask that if you have any ideas, questions you would like answered about the fort or its history, please contact me and I will try to answer them here. Archives
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