History Alive! Meet the North Carolina Provincials!

Name: History Alive! Meet the North Carolina Provincials!
Start: 2025-08-30T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-30T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 200 S Market St, Ligonier, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15658

Schedule

Sat Aug 30 2025 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

200 S Market St, Ligonier, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 15658 | Ligonier, PA

Fort Ligonier welcomes Fort Dobbs State Historic Site from Statesville, North Carolina to share the stories of Carolinian soldiers and civilian followers while demonstrating camp life and military drills.
General Forbes’ army included three companies of North Carolina Provincials commanded by Major Hugh Waddell. Initially used only for construction work or garrison duty, some of the Carolinians eventually served on scouting expeditions. When Fort Ligonier was attacked by the French in October of 1758, several North Carolinians were killed or taken captive.
History Alive! at Fort Ligonier is an engaging experience for visitors to learn more about the daily life of a frontier military outpost in North America during the 18th century. Through daily programming depicting typical activities of a military site such as soldiering, manual labor, tailoring, laundry, and cooking, and special weekend demonstrations from 18th century artisans, History Alive! portrays the people who fought and lived at Fort Ligonier during the Forbes Campaign of 1758.
This educational program is made possible by a #PreservingAmerica grant from Americana Corner.