2010

February

February 18-20, 2010
229th Anniversary Celebration of the Crossing of the Dan
Location: South Boston, VA
Contact: Anne Raab
Phone: 434-470-1350
Email: tsraab@comcast.net
Website: http://www.prizery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=97&Itemid=191
This is a three-day event celebrating General Nathaneal Greene's crossing of the Dan River in South Boston, Virginia on February 14, 1781. Reenactors and lectures throughout the weekend. Held at The Prizery, 700 Bruce St.

March

March 6-7, 2010
Siege of Fort Charlotte
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Site: Fort Gaines Historic Site
Contact: Fort Gaines Historic Site OFFICE
Phone: 251-861-6992
Email: park100@centurytel.net
Website: http://230thsofc.webs.com
The battle of Fort Charlotte was a two-week siege conducted by Spanish General Bernardo de Gálvez against the British fortifications guarding present-day Mobile during the American Revolutionary War. Fort Charlotte was the last remaining British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans in Spain's neighboring Louisiana colony. Its fall drove the British from the western reaches of West Florida. Gálvez's army sailed from New Orleans aboard a small fleet of transports on January 28, 1780. On February 10, the Spaniards landed near Fort Charlotte. The outnumbered British garrison resisted stubbornly until the sight of several hundred regular infantry and artillerymen rowing ashore to bolster Gálvez's army broke their resolve on March 9 (the garrison commander, Captain Elias Durnford, had expected relief from Pensacola which never arrived). Their capitulation secured the west shore of Mobile Bay from the British and opened the path for Spanish operations against Pensacola. Fort Gaines Historic Site is located on Dauphin Island and is accessible from I-10 using exit 17, state hwy 193 to the South. 

March 13-14, 2010
229th Anniversary Observance of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, March 15, 1781
Location: Greensboro, NC
Contact: Tannenbaum Historic Park
Address: 2200 New Garden Road, Greensboro, NC 27410
Phone: 336.545.5315
Fax: 336.545.5314
Email: history@greensboro-nc.gov
All outdoor activities are dependent upon good weather. In case of rain or severe weather, programs may be cancelled or conducted elsewhere. Call for information.
All lectures begin at 7 PM and are free to the public. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED Call 336-288-1776, ex. 228, to reserve seating (max. 120). THIS IS AN INVITATION ONLY EVENT AND PARTICPANTS ARE ISSUED CONFIRMED REGISTRATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. If you have not received a direct email or mail confirmation from the registrar at Tannenbaum Historic Park for 2008, please contact the registrar at history@greensboro-nc.gov

March 27 – 28, 2010
The Transylvania Purchase
Location: Elizabethton, TN
Site: Fort Watauga, Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site
Contact: Chad Bogart
Address: 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Email: chadwick.bogart@tn.gov
Website:   http://washingtoncountyregiment.wordpress.com/  OR
Website:http://www.sycamoreshoalstn.org/
In March of 1775, Cherokee delegates met with the wealthy and ambitious Judge Richard Henderson to conduct the largest private land transaction in North American history: the Transylvania Purchase. Join us as we depict this landmark event on the very grounds where it occurred 235 years ago.

April

April 10 – 11, 2010
The Watauga Association
Location: Elizabethton, TN
Site: Fort Watauga, Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site
Contact: Chad Bogart
Address: 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Email: chadwick.bogart@tn.gov
Website: http://washingtoncountyregiment.wordpress.com/  OR
Website:http://www.sycamoreshoalstn.org/
By King George’s Proclamation, no colonial subjects were to move across the mountains. But in 1772, the frontiersmen who had settled illegally in the Watauga Valley formed a government of their own, a “dangerous example” to the British that independence was possible! Join us as we forge a new government: The Watauga Association, an important precursor to American liberty! 

May

May 15 – 16, 2010
Siege at Fort Watauga
Location: Elizabethton, TN
Site: Fort Watauga, Sycamore Shoals State Historic Site
Contact: Chad Bogart
Address: 1651 W. Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643
Email: chadwick.bogart@tn.gov
Website: http://washingtoncountyregiment.wordpress.com/  OR
Website: http://www.sycamoreshoalstn.org/
It is the summer of 1776. As patriot leaders meet in Philadelphia to draft a document of freedom; those on the frontier are fighting for it. Settlers strive to hold the land while native Cherokee struggle to preserve their way of life. Walk among local legends for a glimpse of life on this “dark and bloody ground”. Join us as we recreate events that happened 234 years ago when Cherokee warriors attacked backwoods settlers at Fort Watauga.