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SATURDAY |
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10:00 am |
Rural Hill opens to the public |
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10:00 am |
Living History Demonstrations
throughout the Camps |
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10:00 am |
Children’s Colonial Games – Sutler Row |
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10:30 am |
Tomahawk Throwing Competition for
Reenactors |
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11:30 am |
An Audience with general Davidson &
Major Davidson at Rural Retreat Log Cabin |
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12:00 Noon |
Cannon firing demonstration – British
Camp |
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12:30 pm |
An Audience with General Cornwallis &
British Officers- British Camps |
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1:00 pm |
Speaker – Larry
Aaron (author of “The Race to the Dan”) on Cowan’s Ford and The Race
to the Dan at rural retreat Log Cabin |
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1:00 pm |
Children’s Militia Drill – Sutler Row |
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1:00 pm |
Colonial Medicine – Sutler row |
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1:30 pm |
Formation & Safety
– Inspection of British & Patriot troops in camps
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2:00 pm |
Battle of Cowan’s Ford – February 1,
1781, followed by Grand Muster and Parade |
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3:30 pm |
Ladies Tea – Rural Retreat Cabin |
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3:30 pm |
Officers’ Soree – Hospitality Tent |
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5:00 pm |
Rural Hill closes to the public |
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SUNDAY |
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10:00 am |
Rural Hill opens to the
public |
|
10:00 am |
Bayonet Competition
(American and British) at the British Camp |
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10:30 am |
Fire-Starting
Competition (next to the Tomahawk Competition) |
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11:00 am |
Worship Service at the
British Camp |
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11:00 am |
Children’s Colonial
Games – Sutler Row |
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12:00 Noon |
Mecklenburg County Dec &
Davidson Memorial Service at the Rural Hill Burying
Ground. Speaker – Jim Puckett – former Mecklenburg
County Commissioner, on the Mecklenburg County.
Declaration of Independence & Major John Davidson |
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12:00 Noon |
Cannon firing
demonstration – British Camp |
|
1:00 pm |
Colonial Medicine –
Sutler row |
|
1:30 pm |
Formation & Safety –
Inspection of British & Patriot troops in camps |
|
2:00 pm |
Battle of Weitzel’s Mill
– March 6, 1781, followed by Grand Muster and Parade |
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3:00 pm |
Children’s Colonial
Games – Sutler Row |
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5:00 pm |
Event officially closes
and Rural Hill closes to the public |
