ATTENTION!
The 2018 Day at the Fort has been postponed. New information will be released soon. Please stay tuned for more information.
2017 Day at the Fort
The 22st Annual Fort Day celebration will be held from 10 AM – 4 PM Saturday, May 27th & 11 AM – 4 PM Sunday, 28th, 2017 at Fort Hollingsworth. No gate fee!
LIVING HISTORY – This is the place where history lives. Post Revolutionary war living historians, period sutlers and traders, Civil War historians, Fox Fire museum veteran Barbara Taylor Woodall will be set up, United Daughters of the Confederacy, drop spindle demonstrations. Sunday service with Brother Joey Young preaching.
Dance – 1860 dancers.
CAR SHOW – Saturday, May 27, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Entry fee $20.per vehicle. Trophies for the top three vehicles and door prizes will be given.
FOOD – BQ, fried pies, boiled peanuts and more.
Vendor applications and more information: .https://southeasternhrgrou.wixsite.com/sehistoryreenactors
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Schedule of Events
10:00 a.m. – Opening Ceremony – Honoring Veteran
11:00 a.m. – Silver Strings – Country/Rock/Pop
11:30 a.m. – Los Pistoleros – Country/Western
11:50 a.m. – Edith Goodson – Storytelling
12:00 noon – Brotherhood Quartet – Southern Gospel
12:30 p.m. – Dancers – 1860’s
1:00 p.m. – Crystal River – Bluegrass Gospel
1:30 p.m. – Civil War Re-enactment
2:15 p.m. – Crystal River – Bluegrass Gospel
3:00 p.m. – Have Wagons will Travel – Old Western Entertainment
3:30 p.m. – Los Pistoleros – Country/Western
3:45 p.m. – Silver Strings – Country/Rock/Pop
Sunday, May 28
11:00 a.m. – Civil War Camp Service – Chaplain Joey Young
12:00 noon – Edith Goodson – Storytelling
1:00 p.m. – Silver Strings – Country/Rock/Pop
2:00 p.m. – Los Pistoleros – Country/Western
2:30 p.m. – Have Wagons will Travel
3:00 p.m. – Silver Strings – Country/Rock/Pop
Fort Hollingsworth is located just off Highway 441 between Cornelia and Homer, near the town of Alto, in the Hollingsworth Community. The address for the Fort is:
2307 Wynn Lake Rd.
Alto, GA 30510
