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2022 Mary Draper Ingles Festival Celebration
Venue: Wilderness Road Regional Museum, Newbern
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Mary Draper Ingles Festival
Date: Sunday, July 31, 2022
Time: 1:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Music, Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

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Description:
Wilderness Road Regional Museum presents 2022 Mary Draper Ingles Festival Celebration on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

Schedule of Events:
• 1:00-4:00 PM: Fincastle Company Living History Group On Site
• 2:00 PM: Ricky Cox sharing "Traveling Songs"
• 5:00-7:30 PM: Ingles Ferry and Ingles Tavern Tours by Reservation ($)

Enjoy a day celebrating and remembering Mary Draper Ingles and her family. The Fincastle Company living history group will be on site. The talented and very entertaining Ricky Cox and his special guest artist Willard Gayheart will be sharing "Traveling Songs" inside the main museum.

In addition, we are challenging guests to find all the Ingles artifacts on display at the museum through a scavenger hunt on the 31st, find them all and you can be eligible for some sweet prizes.

Admission to the main events are free and all are welcome

And then off site at the Ingles Tavern and Ferry landing on the western side of the New River we will be offering late evening tours. These tours are only allowed by registration with a small donation to benefit our museum. Tours are limited to 10 guests at a time for 30 minutes tours of the historic Ingles Tavern structure and the Ingles Ferry landing and remains of the Ingles Ferry Bridge (1842-1864).

You must purchase/donate for your reserved tickets at https://givebutter.com/0KAgyS and then contact the museum at wrrm5240@gmail.com for your choice of arrival time.

The 2022 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 29-31, 2022 in the City of Radford and surrounding communities.

Glencoe Mansion is partnering with Long Way Brewing, historic Ingles Farm, the Radford Info & Welcome Center, the Radford Chamber of Commerce and the Wilderness Road Museum in Dublin to bring back the iconic celebration that commemorates the capture of the frontierswoman, her escape and return to the New River Valley during the French and Indian War.

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 flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/cCBwF1PP/Festival-Graphic.png.

For more information on the festival, visit: https://www.glencoemansion.org/new-page-1 or https://www.facebook.com/Glencoe-Mansion-Museum-Gallery-164019760295858/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/508957734333375/ or call 540-731-5031.

For more information on the Wilderness Road Regional Museum, visit: http://www.wildernessroadregionalmuseum.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/WildernessRRM or call 540-674-4835.