October 1-2, 2011 - Heritage Days

Heritage Days :: Saturday Schedule :: Sunday Schedule

Enjoy two full days of colonial foods, demonstrations, crafts, and lectures that will help visitors of all ages better understand the lives of the early settlers in the area.

Festival Highlights

Daily at 1:00 PM - The Battle of Fort Freeland Re-enactment by Fort Freeland Company of Independent Riflemen

Sunday, October 2, 9:30 AM - Church Service - The Reverend Paul Smith, Watsontown Presbyterian Church, recreates Jonathan Edwards' famous 1741 sermon: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" at Warrior Run Church.

Sunday, October 2, 3:00 PM - Auction at Fort Freeland site

Drummer

Daily Events/Participants
(unless otherwise noted)

  1. Horse-drawn wagon rides by Mr. George Vastine
  2. Tinker/Medicine Man portrayed by Custom Taylor Productions
  3. Cooper’s Battery B, Civil War Re-enactors at the Warrior Run Church
  4. The Lowlander Highlanders, Scots/Irish fiddle and drum music
  5. Bob Swope, quoits
  6. Tours of Warrior Run Church
  7. Reenactment of Battle of Fort Freeland
  8. Hearth cooking demonstrations
  9. Ardith Wilkins as Widow Catherine Smith at WR Church Sun, Fort Sat.
  10. Civil War era music by Cracked Walnuts at Warrior Run Church
  11. Lucy Henry Appalacian music at Fort Freeland
  12. "Another Jig Will Do" Bob Guntheinz and friend - Irish folk music and clogging
  13. Crow Haven Farms mule team wagon rides
  14. Native American village - Southern Woodland Indian Loyal Confederacy
  15. John Ravert pump organ concert 3:00 at Warrior Run Church
  16. Third PA Battery B Civil War re-enactors
  17. Brad Becker Colonial field drum master

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Highlights of the 2006 Warrior Run Fort Freeland Heritage Days.

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Farm & Craft Exhibits

  1. Apple Butter
  2. Blacksmithing
  3. Bobbin Lace
  4. Bowl Making
  5. Brick Making
  6. Butchering
  7. Cider Press
  8. Cigar Making
  9. Coopering
  10. Corn Culture
  11. Crocheted Rag Rugs
  12. Crossstitch Embroidery
  13. Fence Making
  14. Flax Culture
  15. Fraktur Art
  16. Geneology
  17. Hearth Cooking
  18. Horseradish
  19. Knitting
  20. Needlework
  21. Pie Baking
  22. Potato Candy
  23. Pottery
  24. Pumpmaking
  25. Quilting
  26. Rake Making
  27. Ropemaking
  28. Spinning
  29. Tatting
  30. Three Sisters Stew
  31. Tinsmithing
  32. Wool Culture

Hours & Admission Rates

Saturday: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Admission Rates:
Adults - $6
Students - $2

Daily Craft Demonstrations

  1. 18th C Laundress - Leann Bechdel
  2. 19th C Herbs - Vicki Egli
  3. 18th Century Furniture - Ralph and Sue Aument
  4. Blacksmith - Gene Gardner
  5. Bobbin Lace - Mary Paulhamus
  6. Bowlmaker - Scott Gold II
  7. Box Tape Loom - Susan Gold
  8. Chair Caning - John Pfleegor
  9. Clear Toy Candy - John & Donna Murray
  10. Corn Wreaths - Carolyn Bieber
  11. Fraktur - Donna Spangler
  12. Furniture Making - David Morris
  13. Gunsmithing - B J Hamermehl
  14. Gunsmithing - Stephen Miller (Saturday Only)
  15. Handwoven Baskets - Christine Landis
  16. Loom Rugs - Wanda Gardner
  17. Needlework - Yvonne Benfer
  18. One Room School - Don Hodge and Tom Snyder
  19. PA Rifles & Powder Horns - Nathan McKenzie
  20. Pottery - Robert Lee
  21. Quilting - Gail Moser
  22. Quilting - Sherry Walter
  23. Rag Rug Crocheting - Ruth Thomas
  24. Redware Pottery - Tammy Wilkinson
  25. Sampler Making - Valerie Bieber Mertz
  26. Fleece to Shawl - Fort Freeland Flickers & Warrior Run Weavers
  27. Straw Art - Dixie Wurster
  28. Tatting - Mabelina Marseco
  29. Timber Frame Loom - Irmgard Adams
  30. Tinsmithing - Scott Gelnett
  31. Treadle Sewing Machine - Sarah Miller
  32. Wilderness Skills/Dugout Canoe - Dan Franks
  33. Wood Splitting - Wayne Greiner