Cook Forest French and Indian War Encampment

08-06-24 - 09-06-24 All day

https://events.dcnr.pa.gov/event/cook_forest_french_indian_war_encampment_9787

Address: Cook Forest Sawmill Art Center, Cooksburg, PA, United States

Cook Forest State Park and the Sawmill Center for the Arts will host a series of living history events depicting life during the French & Indian War. Highlights of this full two-day encampment include children’s programs, woodland natives, cannon and musket firing demonstrations, sutler camp, council and trading events, nationally renowned living historians, French & Indian War era artisans, and live tactical engagements. Every battle is different! Take a walk back in time at the Sawmill Center for the Arts to view British, Colonial, French, and American Indian re-enactors as they portray lifestyles of the 18th century. June 8 & 9 from 9 am to 6 pm

PA DCNR Event
814-744-8407

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Click here for tickets!