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Annual Colonial Day at the State Historic Site of Fort Loudoun

by tim | Jun 13, 2014 | General

Annual Colonial Day The annual Colonial Day will be held on Saturday, June 21 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p. m. at the State Historic Site of Fort Loudoun. Linda Zeigler will return for the fourth year with her very popular colonial cooking program in the log summer...

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