Posted By angie on June 19, 2009
Park staff is now providing daily interpretive programming inside the palisades of Fort Loudoun. Examples of some of the programs include musketry demonstrations, a visit to the infirmary, touring the Commander’s Quarters with the housekeeper or meeting a Cherokee trader. Consult the Event Calendar for program dates and times. Daily programs are subject to change without notice. Admission is FREE!!
Posted By angie on May 7, 2009
Fort Loudoun will come back to life over the weekend of May 30th and 31st. The Fort Loudoun staff will be joined by volunteers who will recreate life at this mid 18th century military outpost.
Visitors will see and hear the red coated troops as they go about their drills, fire their muskets and cannons and protect the post. The blacksmith shop will ring with the sound of hammers striking the anvil as sparks fly from the forge. The ladies of the fortification will be taking in laundry for those who may need to have their shirts and stockings boiled. If anyone is under the weather, the fort’s physician will be on hand to dispense pukings, bleedings and purgings as necessary. Visitors will also be treated to the sounds of colonial music as The Travelling Caudells make a stop at Fort Loudoun. Outside of the fort, there will be an encampment representing Tuskegee, one of the many Cherokee towns that stood over two hundred years ago. Stop by the fort’s storehouse if you need to purchase a cold Colonial Williamsburg imported Root Beer or Ginger Ale. On Sunday morning we will be joined by the Parson who will deliver the 18th c. sacrament service as documented in the book published (late 18th c.) in honor of the late Rev. John Logan, minister of the Kirk of Leith in Scotland. It gives an accurate, historical overview of the religious services that would have been performed at the Fort by Rev. Martin or Rev. Richardson.
This living history program will take place on Saturday May 30th from 10 AM until 5 PM and Sunday May 31st from 10 AM until 2 PM. Admission to the program is free.
For more information regarding this program or any other activities at Fort Loudoun State Historic Area please call 423.884.6217 or email fortloudoun@tds.net
Posted By angie on April 1, 2009
Fort Loudoun will come back to life over the weekend of April 25th and 26th as the 2009. The Fort Loudoun staff will be joined by volunteers who will recreate life at this mid 18th century military outpost.
Visitors will see and hear the red coated troops as they go about their drills, fire their muskets and cannons and protect the post. The blacksmith shop will ring with the sound of hammers striking the anvil as sparks fly from the forge. The ladies of the fortification will be taking in laundry for those who may need to have their shirts and stockings boiled. If anyone is under the weather, the fort’s physician will be on hand to dispense pukings, bleedings and purgings as necessary. Outside of the fort, there will be an encampment representing Tuskegee, one of the many Cherokee towns that stood over two hundred years ago. Stop by the fort’s storehouse if you need to purchase a cold Colonial Williamsburg imported Root Beer or Ginger Ale.
This living history program will take place on Saturday April 25th from 10 AM until 5 PM and Sunday April 26th from 10 AM until 2 PM. Admission to the program is free.
For more information regarding this program or any other activities at Fort Loudoun State Historic Area please call 423.884.6217 or email fortloudoun@tds.net
Posted By angie on February 25, 2009
Fort Loudoun will come back to life over the weekend of March 28th and 29th as the 2009. The Fort Loudoun staff will be joined by volunteers who will recreate life at this mid 18th century military outpost.
Visitors will see and hear the red coated troops as they go about their drills, fire their muskets and cannons and protect the post. The blacksmith shop will ring with the sound of hammers striking the anvil as sparks fly from the forge. The ladies of the fortification will be taking in laundry for those who may need to have their shirts and stockings boiled. If anyone is under the weather, Dr. Maurice Anderson will be on hand to dispense pukings, bleedings and purgings as necessary. Outside of the fort, there will be an encampment representing Tuskegee, one of the many Cherokee towns that stood over two hundred years ago.
This living history program will take place on Saturday March 28th from 10 AM until 5 PM and Sunday March 29th from 10 AM until 2 PM. Admission to the program is free.
For more information regarding this program or any other activities at Fort Loudoun State Historic Area please call 423.884.6217 or email fortloudoun@tds.net
Posted By angie on February 13, 2009
Fort Loudoun will come back to life over the weekend of February 21st and 22nd as the 2009 campaign season gets underway. The Fort Loudoun staff will be joined by volunteers who will recreate life at this mid 18th century military outpost.
Visitors will see and hear the red coated troops as they go about their drills, fire their muskets and cannons and protect the post. The blacksmith shop will ring with the sound of hammers striking the anvil as sparks fly from the forge. The ladies of the fortification will be taking in laundry for those who may need to have their shirts and stockings boiled. If anyone is under the weather, Dr. Maurice Anderson will be on hand to dispense pukings, bleedings and purgings as necessary. Outside of the fort, there will be an encampment representing Tuskegee, one of the many Cherokee towns that stood over two hundred years ago.
This living history program will take place on Saturday February 21st from 10 AM until 5 PM and Sunday February 22nd from 10 AM until 2 PM. Admission to the program is free.
For more information regarding this program or any other activities at Fort Loudoun State Historic Area please call 423.884.6217 or email fortloudoun@tds.net
Posted By angie on February 6, 2009
On Saturday, February 14th, at 2 PM, Fort Loudoun State Historic Area will present the sixth in its Winter Lecture Series. Dr. Lorri Glover of the University of Tennessee will be speaking on “A Look Inside the Private Lives of America’s Founding Fathers”. The political and intellectual accomplishments of America’s “Founding Fathers” rightly receives a great deal of public attention and celebration but what were those founders like as fathers? In this presentation, Dr. Glover describes the family lives of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Ben Franklin and James Adams.
Dr. Lorri Glover is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Tennessee. Professor Glover earned an M.A. from Clemson University in 1992 and a Ph.D. in History from the University of Kentucky in 1996. Before coming to the University of Tennessee she served one year as Assistant Professor of History at Otterbein College in Ohio.
Dr. Glover’s research centers on family and social history of the early American South. She is the author of “All Our Relations: Blood Ties and Emotional Bonds Among the Early South Carolina Gentry (2000), which examined kinship patterns and cultural values of eighteenth century elites. In 2004 she edited a collection of essays entitled “Southern Manhood: Perspectives on Masculinity in the Old South”. Her latest book, “Southern Sons: Becoming Men in the New Nation”, investigates the coming-of-age experience of the sons of the founding generation and appeared in January 2007.
On campus Professor Glover brings a high-level of enthusiasm and professionalism to the classroom. She teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including colonial America and the American Revolution. In April 2006, she was recognized for outstanding teaching at the Chancellor’s Honors Banquet.
Posted By angie on January 30, 2009
On Saturday, February 7th, at 2 PM, Fort Loudoun State Historic Area will present the fifth in its Winter Lecture Series. Dr. Daniel Feller of the University of Tennessee will be speaking on “Andrew Jackson, Indian removal and the Trail of Tears”. Over the course of his presentation,
Dr. Feller presents an analysis of President Andrew Jackson’s controversial Indian policy. He traces the removal from its earliest roots in 1803 to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and the Cherokee’s 1838 “Trail of Tears” in historical context.
Daniel Feller is a Professor of History and Editor/Director of the “Papers of Andrew Jackson” at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He received a B.A. from Reed College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before coming to UT Knoxville, Dr. Feller served as a Professor at the University of New Mexico. Professor Feller’s books covering the presidency of Andrew Jackson include “The Jacksonian Promise: America 1815-1840” and “The Public Lands in Jacksonian Politics”. His work has appeared as chapters in numerous books, and he has contributed entries to reference books such as “The Oxford Companion to United States History” and “The Encyclopedia of American Political History”.
The remainder of the series includes “A Look Inside the Privates Lives of America’s Founding Fathers”.
Fort Loudoun State Historic Area is located in Vonore TN. Admission to our Winter Lecture Series is free of charge. For more information, please call the park office at 423.884.6217 or email fortloudoun@tds.net.
