Burning of Fort Seybert

My colleague Susan, who is Hannah's 6th grade social studies teacher this year, is very involved in the Treasure Mountain Festival in Pendleton County, WV. Her family has long lived on the land where a colonial era fort stood called Fort Seybert. In 1758 the fort was raided by Indians and the English settlers taken captive. (For links to further details on the story, see here.) Each year re-enactors from the time period gather on the site to demonstrate what life was like in the colonial era and to tell the story of the fort's capture, which concludes with a burning of a model fort. Here are photos from the day. Other than the excitement of the burning, the other highlight of the day was having Mrs. Melendez teach us how to throw a hatchet.