Cook Forest Living History Weekend

24-05-26 All day
Cook Forest State Park
Phone:814-744-8407
Address: Cook Forest State Park (Office), 100 Route 36, Cooksburg, PA, United States

Please join us for a fun filled weekend of living history as we journey through various historical eras of the United States: French & Indian War, Colonial Period, Revolutionary War, and Civil War.  Living historian and master story-teller Paul Stillman, historical interpreters Dave Clark and John King, Grammy nominated singer-song writer-storyteller, Ray Owen, with special guest appearances from President Abe Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin, as they take us through these noteworthy periods of American history through first person character portrayals, hands-on demonstrations, and song.

 

 

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