WINNABOW – Grab your “past-port” and take a trip back in time to the free Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site Colonial Heritage Day on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Costumed spinners, weavers, woodworkers, and cooks will be on hand to depict aspects of life in the colonial port. The Colonial Marketplace is a highlight.
A few miscreants (and maybe willing visitors) might take a turn in the stocks and pillory. Jim McKee will talk about colonial crime and punishment.
The goal of Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site is to preserve and interpret the history of Brunswick Town, the Cape Fear region’s first permanent settlement, and Ft. Anderson, the Civil War fortification built at the site. It is located at 8884 St. Philip’s Rd. S.E., Winnabow, NC 28479.
Directions to the site are:
Take Interstate 40 east to Wilmington where the interstate ends and becomes College Road. Then take U.S. 17/74 south/west through Wilmington. Remain on this highway to the Southport/Leland exit. Take this exit and follow N.C. 133 south for approximately 17 miles and follow the signs to Brunswick Town. From Southport take N.C. 133 north approximately 15 miles to the site.
For more information call (910) 371-6613, e-mail megan.phillips@ncdcr.gov or visit the Web site at www.nchistoricsites.org/brunswic/brunswic.htm.
Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson, within the Division of State Historic Sites and properties, is part of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency dedicated to the promotion and protection of North Carolina’s arts, history and culture. Information is available at www.ncculture.com.