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2026 Mary Draper Ingles Festival
Venue: Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, July 25, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Drink Specials, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements, Charity
Cost: Free

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Description:
As part of the 2026 Mary Draper Ingles Festival, Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery hosts the Annual Ingles Remembrance Day on Saturday, July 25, 2026.

Event Schedule:
• 10:00 AM: Festival Dedication Service in Memory of Col. Bud Jeffries
• 10:00 AM: Sharon Edwards in Concert (Pop/Rock)
• 10:00 AM: Mary Draper Ingles Storytime for Kids
• 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Little Critters Petting Zoo
• 11:00 AM: King’s Mountain Book Reading & Book Signing with Author Sharyn McCrumb
• 11:00 AM: Sharon Edwards in Concert (Country)
• 11:00 AM: Floyd Historical Dancers
• 12:00 PM: "Pioneer and Patriot: The Life of Andrew Lewis" by Garrett Channell
• 12:00 PM: Ball & Chain in Concert
• 1:00 PM: "Captivity Narratives and Religious Logics of Settlement along the Appalachian Eastern Divide, 1740-1770" by Geoffrey Pollick
• 1:30-3:00 PM: "Homecoming" Art Show Opening Reception
• 2:00 PM: "Fulfilling the Revolution’s Promise: The Civil War Service of the 102nd USCT" by Sharon Roger-Hepburn
• 2:00 PM: Geoff the Fiddler in Concert

Visitors will hear outstanding writers, historians and musicians who bring Virginia’s early frontier to life. At the center of the festival is the story of Ingles’ capture and escape during the French and Indian War.

The 2026 event welcomes back Sharyn McCrumb, an award-winning Southern writer and New York Times bestseller. She will discuss her book, "King’s Mountain," that is set in the same era as Mary Draper Ingles. The ballad novel tells the story of how a militia of men from southwest Virginia and western North & South Carolina came to fight one of the important battles of the Revolutionary War.

Joining McCrumb are two Radford University professors. Sharon Roger-Hepburn will present a talk about an African American Union soldier, who left behind some 60 letters, which eventually evolved into the book, "Private No More: The Civil War Letters of John Lovejoy Murray, 102nd United States Colored Infantry." His letters are considered significant because they are ordinary in some respects yet extraordinary in others. Geoff Pollick, chair of the Philosophy and Religious Studies department, will discuss “Captivity Narratives and Religious Logics of Settlement Along the Appalachian Eastern Divide, 1740-1770."

In addition to interpretations by colonial living historians of the Fincastle Company, will be a special performance by Garrett Channell, executive director of the Salem Museum, as patriotic leader Andrew Lewis.

Food trucks will be on site as well as Long Way Brewing.

Admission is free.

Glencoe Mansion is located at 600 Unruh Drive in Radford, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://res.cloudinary.com/du5lfb5z3/image/upload/v1784674895/742215296_1507214138113203_5294303896594318694_n_cszcxd.jpg.

For more information on the Mary Draper Ingles Festival, visit: https://www.glencoemansion.org/mdifestival or https://www.facebook.com/GlencoeMansion or https://www.facebook.com/mdi.fest or call 540-731-5031.