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Supporting the ‘Seige’

Pictured are Kyleigh Brown from Doylestown, Ohio with grandmother Mary Jane Brown of Akron, Ohio who are participating in the annual Siege at Fort Randolph which began on Friday and continues throughout this weekend. The re-enactment of Chief Cornstalk’s visit to Fort Randolph in 1777 and the siege on the fort in 1778, takes place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. Admission will be $3, and children under six get in free. On Saturday, gates open, 9 a.m; Life Skills Demonstrations, 9 a.m. to noon; Indian Blanket Trade, 12:30 p.m.; Magistrate Court, 1 p.m.; The Siege at Fort Randolph re-enactment, 2 p.m.; Running of the Gauntlet, 3 p.m.; Auction, 4 p.m.; Gates close, 5 p.m. Sunday, May 19 — Gates open, 9 a.m.; Church services, 10 a.m.; Break camp, 2 p.m. Also pictured are Dan Reed of Lancaster, Ohio and Dan Cutler who portrays Chief Cornstalk, having a meeting of the minds on this cabin’s front porch, while other reenactors gather here at Hoggs Tavern inside the fort.

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