Just because summer is winding down and school is beginning once more doesn't mean we're done with events at the Mount. We've got three events, in addition to the Atlatl competition, schedule for September:
An Investigation into the Revolutionary Mind: What Were You Thinking, Isaac Kendall and Benjamin McCool?
The Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont, will use its “time machine” to bring to life the Revolutionary War at the site on Saturday, September 4, at 2:00 p.m. with the program, “An Investigation into the Revolutionary Mind: What Were You Thinking, Isaac Kendall and Benjamin McCool?”
Modern day historian and site interpreter Paul Andriscin will interview two soldiers so he and the audience can find out first hand from two American soldiers what happened 233 years ago at Mount Independence and during the Northern Campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
Hike Into History: Archaeology Edition
Archaeologist Allen Hathaway will lead the hike on Sunday, September 5 at 2:00 p.m. and share his extensive knowledge about what archeology can and has revealed about the original inhabitants of the Mount; the American Revolution; and even the earlier French and Indian War.
“Liberty now has a new Country!” –The Marquis de Lafayette on his 1825 Tour
British actor and playwright Howard Burnham gives another performance about a famous Revolutionary War character. At Camden, SC, on his tour of the United States, the aging Lafayette is laying the foundation stone for the Baron de Kalb monument. He reflects on his long and eventful life and eulogizes the Baron, with whom he arrived at Georgetown, SC, in 1777 as a young man to fight in the cause of American liberty. Lafayette traveled past Mount Independence on his 1825 tour. Question and answer period after. 1:00 PM