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2023 Mary Draper Ingles Festival: Ingles Remembrance Day
Venue: Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Mary Draper Ingles Festival
Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery presents Ingles Remembrance Day as part of the 2023 Mary Draper Ingles Festival on Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Schedule of Events:
• 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM: Petting Zoo and Food Trucks
• 10:00 AM: Shawnee Culture Talk with Eve Watters
• 10:30 AM: German Culture Talk with Philip Sweet
• 10:30-11:30 AM: Square Dancing with Caller LP Kelly and Music by Gina & Jason Dilg
• 10:30-11:30 AM: Old Timey Photographs with Radford Photo Club
• 11:15 AM: Slavery Panel (Event Tent)
• 12:00 PM: Floyd Historical Dancers Performance
• 12:30 PM: Irish Culture Talk with Eve Watters
• 1:00 PM: "She Walks These Hills" Book Talk with Sharyn McCrumb
• 1:00 PM: Floyd Historical Dancers Performance
• 1:30-2:30 PM: Old Timey Photographs with Radford Photo Club
• 2:15 PM: "A Time to Protest" Book Talk with Penny Blue
• 3:00 PM: Floyd Historical Dancers Performance
• 3:00 PM: Culture Clash Talk with Melinda Wagner

Enjoy a day celebrating and remembering Mary Draper Ingles and her family! Headlining Saturday’s literary activities will be award-winning Southern writer Sharyn McCrumb, best known for her Appalachian "Ballad' novels, including the New York Times best seller, "She Walks These Hills," and Eve Watters, storyteller and musician who will discuss Irish culture as well as tell stories of the Shawnee nation, one of the indigenous tribes that periodically inhabited southwest Virginia.

Additional speakers will be available in the event tent throughout the day and visitors can enjoy square dancing and historical dancing performances, old timey photographs for the family with the Radford Photo Club featuring a variety of period clothing and props, kids tent with activities & crafts, petting zoo, inflatables, food trucks and more!

In addition, the "Follow Her Journey" Gallery Exhibit will be open. The exhibit and a video tell the Mary Draper Ingles story. The Gift Shop will also be open and features a good assortment of items themed on the frontierswoman. And, the Mary Draper Ingles statue and train observatory will also be open from dawn to dusk.

Admission is free and donations are appreciated.

The 2023 Mary Draper Ingles Festival commemorating the capture, escape and grueling return journey of one of Virginia’s most famous colonial heroines will take place July 28-30, 2023 in the City of Radford and surrounding communities.

The Mary Draper Ingles Festival commemorates the capture, escape and grueling return journey of one of Virginia’s most famous colonial heroines takes place annually throughout the City of Radford, VA and the surrounding communities.

Mary Draper Ingles (1732 - 1815), was an American pioneer and early settler of western Virginia. In the summer of 1755, she and her two young sons were among several captives taken by Shawnee after the Draper's Meadow Massacre during the French and Indian War. They were taken to Lower Shawneetown at the Ohio and Scioto rivers. Ingles escaped with another woman after two and a half months, making a trek of 500 to 600 miles crossing numerous rivers and creeks, and over the Appalachian Mountains to return home to Radford, VA.

The story of Mary’s undeniable determination continues to capture interest more than 260 years later, resulting in numerous books, including "Follow the River", a “New York Times” bestseller, and several outdoor dramas and movies.

Link: https://www.marydraperingles.com/

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For more information on the festival, visit: https://www.glencoemansion.org/mdifestival or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064738926933 or call 540-731-5031.