Crown Point
State Historic Site
518-597-3666
New York State Office of
Parks,
Recreation and Historic Preservation
Saratoga-Capital Region
| Calendar of Special Events for the year 2004 |
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| 1 May | Site Museum Opens for the Season (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Wed-Mon) Admission: Adults (12-61) $3.00; Senior Citizens (62 +) & Students $2.00; and Children (6 - 12) $1.00 Group rates by reservation in advance |
| 1 – 2 May | Primitive Tactical Weekend – weekend of mid-eighteenth century military tactics. |
| 15 – 16 May | Highlanders, Hanoverians, and Highland Games - Somewhere Else in Time - Reenactment of the Scottish rebellion in the mid-1740’s. In addition to small arms and naval tactical demonstrations, there will be “primitive” athletic competitions and a ceilidh. |
| 22 – 23 May | Twin Rivers Council, BSA Camporee |
| 31 July | 18th Century Folk Music Concert presented by Linda Russell - 7:30 PM Songs and ballads of the French and Indian War and the American Revolution accompanied by the strains of the penny whistle, mountain dulcimer and hammered dulcimer, held at the Officers’ Barracks in His Majesty’s Fort of Crown Point. |
| 6 August | Mettawee River Theatre Company presentation of “The Escapades of Karagiozis.” The traditions of the folk puppet theater traditions of Turkey and Greece are the theme for this play. The hero uses all his wit and a minimum of actual work to satisfy his insatiable hunger. |
| 14 - 15 August | 7th Annual French and Indian War Encampment |
| 18 September | 5th Annual Fort St. Frederic Cross Country Classic Three races across the site for all ages: Kids Race – 1 Kilometer; Scholastic Race – 5 Kilometers; Open Adult Race – 5 Kilometers. Contact Fred Herbst at “The Times of Ti”: 518-585-9871. |
| 18 – 19 September | Eighteenth Century Activities Weekend – featuring a variety of games, crafts, and competitions and other diverse affairs enjoyed by people in the colonial era. |
| 2 – 3 October | Primitive Tactical Weekend – weekend of mid-eighteenth century military tactics. |
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31 October |
Site Museum closes for the Season |