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Mary Draper Ingles Remembrance Day: Exhibit, Video & 18th Century Demonstrations
Venue: Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, July 28, 2018
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
As part of Mary Draper Ingles Remembrance Day, the Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery presents a Special Exhibit, Video & 18th Century Demonstrations on Saturday, July 28, 2018.

Visitors to the Glencoe Mansion and Radford Visitor’s Center will be able to take a journey back to the 18th century with demonstrations by a blacksmith and period re-enactors and interpreters portraying both era soldiers, women and more.

In addition, a sword that has been handed down in the Ingles family for more than two centuries will be on display in the William Ingles Sword Exhibit along with the Mary Draper Ingles: A Frontier Life Exhibit. A special plein air exhibit will feature art from several locations along the New River all associated with Mary and her journey. And a short documentary on Mary will be available to watch.

Visitors also will want to tour the Mary Draper Ingles Cultural Heritage Park that includes a bronze statue of the heroine. The park is adjacent to Glencoe and overlooks the New River.

Books, commemorative prints by acclaimed artist P. Buckley Moss and other souvenirs will also be available in the gift shop.

In 2017 the Virginia General Assembly honored Mary Draper Ingles by designating the last Saturday in July as her special day. The distinction has continued to increase interest in the story of Mary’s capture and escape from a Shawnee hunting party during the French and Indian War. Over the years, her return home by navigating rivers and living off the land has been the subject of numerous books, outdoor dramas and several movies. She is also widely honored through the states of West Virginia and Kentucky.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/5tw2k5f.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.marydraperinglestrail.com/the-trail or http://glencoemuseum.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/Glencoe-Mansion-Museum-Gallery-164019760295858/ or call 540-731-5031.