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French & Indian War Encampment: Living history demonstrations, 18th century music, children's period games, lectures, plus life in French, British, Colonial, and Native American camps, drills, and battle reenactments.
On Saturday, June 28th at 2:00 PM, and Sunday June 29th at 11:00 AM, reenactors will gather at Fort Ontario State Historic Site to recreate the July 5-6, 1759 French attack on Oswego.
Artillery demonstrations will be conducted on the ramparts at 10:45 AM on Saturday and 3:00 PM on Sunday.
Saturday lectures include a program on army sutlers by members of Captain Quinton Kennedy’s Detachment at 11:15 AM, and another by Robert Nipar on British Military Engineering at 11:30 AM. Dr. Richard Weyhing, of the SUNY Oswego History Department, will be the keynote speaker and will discuss the facts and fiction involving French and Native American alliances during the French and Indian War. Dr. Weyhing is an expert on the French and Indian fur trade and relations during the early 18th century, and is a member of the board of the Friends of Fort Ontario.
Sutlers will offer reproduction 18th century goods including men’s and women’s clothing, fabrics, hats, pottery, flints, musket tools, buttons, axes, knives, kettles, pots, games, and a vast array of fascinating and useful items. Historian Shari Crawford will conduct her popular 18th century children’s interactive games including hoops, stilts, bat and trap, graces, cat and mouse, and many other activities which will encourage children to forget their video games and enjoy good old fashioned outdoor fun. Appropriate music for the event will be provided by the group “Liaison’s Plaisante’s, who will perform period pieces; formal performances are scheduled for 12:15 and 3:30 PM on Saturday, and 12:30 PM on Sunday.
Friends member Steven Perkins will provide running color commentary on the battles, and his wife Sara Perkins will conduct candle making demonstrations. Author Leif HerGesell will be on hand to sign copies of his fiction book entitled “Indians, Rogues, and Giants, the Tale of Lt. St. Crispin Mull,” available for purchase in the post museum shop. Ernest Tschanz and George Mandery will set up a display 18th century of nautical objects just outside the entrance of the fort. The public is encouraged to bring picnic lunches and enjoy scenic views of Lake Ontario from the ramparts, while enjoying the sights and sounds of Fort Ontario’s rich and colorful history. Regular admission will be charged during the event.
