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2023 Mary Draper Ingles Festival: History at Ingles Farm
Venue: Ingles Farm, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Mary Draper Ingles Festival
Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
The 2023 Mary Draper Ingles Festival continues with a History Event on Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Historic Ingles Farm.

Enjoy 18th century living history interpreters from the Fincastle Company demonstrating and discussing colonial farm life, tour the reconstructed Ingles cabin, Ingles Cemetery, genealogy, see heritage livestock, the ferry road and at noon watch the Ingles Ferry Highway Marker Dedication.

The Ingles Farm, which is on national and state historic registers and is still in family hands.

Admission is free. 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/

To view the event flyers, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/q7gdfFw9/image.png or https://i.postimg.cc/VkKT46Yw/image.png or https://i.postimg.cc/9QwVqWW9/image.png

Ingles Farm is located at 9 Wilderness Road in Radford, VA.

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.