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Saturday, August 3 • 7:00pm - 7:45pm
Scots-Irish - Pioneers of the Ohio Frontier with Jonathan Hagee - Frontier Folk

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Journey with Frontier Folk as they explore the origins of the resilientScots-Irish from the British Isles to the American frontier throughpre-statehood Ohio.How did these contentious border people overcome adversity to shape theAmerican Revolution and win the frontier? What series of events led tothese people providing the bulk of the Rebel forces and again ending up inthe borderlands, this time the American KY/VA & PA frontier. What skills &experiences did this freedom-loving culture, forged in the crucible ofconstant warfare, bring to the early settlements? Historical backgroundaccompanied by examples and demonstrations of the frontier/colonial Irishdress & gear by Frontier Folk's Living Historians.

Saturday August 3, 2013 7:00pm - 7:45pm EDT
Irish Traditions

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