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Winner of 2 History Awards From the Kentucky Historical Society


	Join Us for Trade Days Memorial Day Weekend

		With recent gas prices at an all time high - Park Manager Phil Gray has announced that they are waiving all camp and sutler fees for the 2008 Memorial Weekend Event. “It’s not much,” says Gray, “but it is our way of showing the re-enactors how much we appreciate their taking their time and money to choose to come to Fort Boonesborough.”




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	The Fort Boonesborough Foundation will be selling food and drink on Saturday and Sunday, May 24 - 25, for the 18th century trade fair. Profits from the concessions will benefit the non-profit Foundation. Additionally they will be serving breakfast and have it available from 7:30 - 9:00 both days for Reenactors. Breakfast menu and prices below: Sausage and Biscuit $1.50 Biscuit and gravy $1.00 Coffee will be served free to reenactors with breakfast


	Trade Days on Memorial Weekend (May 24 & 25th) will have two authors signing books. Dale Payne will be on hand with Frontier Memories III and John Curry will have the newly released Rockhouses and Rhododendron for sale and signing.


	Re-Enactors Gather for Boone Station Event Frontier Stations Under Attack

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	Spring came to Kentucky on April 18-20 with a great turnout for the event -titled Frontier Stations Under Attack. School Day on Friday and re-enactments at 2:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday gave both re-enactors and the public a chance to shake off the winter doldrums. Click here for more....


	The 2008 Season at Fort Boonesborough is Shaping Up to be a Great One!

Women on the Frontier takes center stage on June 21 & 22. Open to the public and geared toward women re-enactors it gives women a change to learn and experience what life would have been like for the early settlers. Guest Speaker on Saturday will be Randolph Hollingsworth of The University of Kentucky. Her specialties of Kentucky History and Women’s Studies make her the perfect speaker for this event.


	And 2008 marks the 230th anniversary of the Siege of Boonesborough. Watch for special plans to mark this anniversary year as it approaches on September 28 and 29th. On October 4th and 5th at the Hammer In, (A blacksmithing event) Randy and George Wolfe will be back from Bethel Forge. Special guest Shelton Browder, of Colonial Williamsburg will be demonstrating on Saturday as well.

		Winter Trade Days on November 29-30 will not only bring good 18th century shopping but will be the drawing for the Re-Enactors Appreciation prizes.


	The 2nd Annual Historic Sites and Event Planners Conference was hosted by The Fort Boonesborough Foundation and held at Blue Licks Battlefield State Park


	Discussion began on Wednesday afternoon and continued well beyond dinner. Participants above gathered in the Daniel Boone Room at Blue Licks to share their thoughts on a variety of historic topics. Then it was up early for a full day of guest speakers and a tour of the Blue Licks Museum.

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		Fort Boonesborough and Fort Boonesborough Foundation Honored at the Kentucky History Awards



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Atta Kul Kulla
Cherokee Peace Chief
Visits Fort Boonesborough

Atta Kul Kulla was a Cherokee Peace Chief known to the English speaking world as “Little Carpenter.” On Saturday night, February 23, Rob Rambo came to Fort Boonesborough to present the famous Indian. Rambo appeared at the fourth and final February Fireside Chat hosted by The Fort Boonesborough Foundation.

Rambo’s presentation is part of The Kentucky Humanities Chatauqua program.

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Additional Newsreel at Graphic Enterprises/Pioneer Times


	Abraham Lincoln makes an appearance at The Fireside Chats




	Newsreel

Abraham Lincoln looked right at home inside the blockhouse at Fort Boonesborough. Jim Sayre’s Lincoln performance began with tales of his early life in Kentucky - hard work, log buildings and all.

He captured the dry humor and story telling Lincoln along with the more serious aspects of the 16th President in a stirring performance Saturday night.

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	Melanie Kuntz appears as Esther Whitley at the 2nd Fireside Chat for 2008

Little is written about Esther Whitley, but drawing on the accounts of her more famous husband William, visitors to the blockhouse were in for a treat last Saturday night as Melanie Kuntz brought Esther Whitley to life. Kuntz touched on the two most famous stories about Esther Whitley, that she supposedly wore an old man’s hat and that she was quite the markswoman, but went on to include so much more. Click here to see more photos from the performance.



	See a Newsreel Video Clip of Esther Whitley talking about their house at Sportsman’s Hill.



				Additional Newsreel on the Pioneer Times




	Foundation members with the newly purchased buffalo hide.


		Don’t Break this Chain

	By Charles Hayes Has anyone else noticed that re-enactment events at Bluelicks Battlefield State Park and Fort Boonesborough have been improving? Don’t get me wrong; I have never been to a BAD re-enactment, but they have been getting better. The re-enactments have been (1) more re-enactor friendly, (2) more spectator friendly and (3) LARGER. As a re-enactor, I assumed that the improvements were due primarily to the hard work, enthusiasm and dedication of re-enactors. At a meeting of the Fort Boonesborough Foundation on January 10, 2008; Bill Farmer corrected my assumption. Bill is the Fort Boonesborough manager and has been


	a re-enactor since Truman (or maybe Hoover) was president. Bill let me know that better (and more) re-enactments (and events at Fort Boonesborough) are due to the hard work, dedication and enthusiasm of re-enactors and the Fort Boonesborough Foundation. (More...)


	Kentucky Woodsman’s Weekend



			Participants in Kentucky Woodsman’s Weekend (November 3rd & 4th) gather at the fort to learn more about the woodsmen of the 18th century - from some very knowledgeable folks in the 21st century. Click here for more photos.


	Winter Trade Days

Re-Enactors and visitors filled the fort over the Thanksgiving Weekend - for Winter Trade Days.

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	Website Video Feature! Meet the Interpreters


	The Siege Re-Enactment of 2007 is huge success Click Here


	Faces of The Siege 2007 - Click Here For more Faces of the Siege go to www.graphicenterprises.net or click here Sundays Battle Photos - Click Here


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