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Upcoming events

    • Saturday, April 27, 2024
    • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • TBA in Tennessee


    • Saturday, May 18, 2024
    • 10:00 AM
    • Sunday, May 19, 2024
    • 4:00 PM
    • Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park, Elizabethton, TN

    For Event information contact Chad Bogart (chadwick.bogart@tn.gov) at Sycamore Shoals State Historical Park, Elizabethton, TN

    Muster at Fort Watauga

    An 18th Century Frontier Exhibition!

    M A Y 18 ~ 19, 2024

    Elizabethton, TN

    A Different Name, A New Approach, Same Great Living History Experience!

    Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park and the Washington Co. Regt. of NC Militia are pleased to invite you to the “Muster at Fort Watauga” on May 18th and 19th, 2024. Don’t let the name change fool you. It is still our goal to produce a quality living history event with everything you have come to enjoy from the “Siege” with even more! By changing the name, it opens the event up to a broader scope of interpretation allowing us to present all the events in our park’s story (the battle of Kings Mountain for example) rather than restricting us to one historic event. So, if it’s your very first time or if you are an old friend, we welcome you to join us for what promises to be a grand time on the frontier!


    Chad A. Bogart

    Museum Curatorial Assistant: Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park

    • Tuesday, September 24, 2024
    • Overmountain Area


    • Wednesday, September 25, 2024
    • Monday, October 07, 2024
    • OVNHT

    September 25 Overmountain men muster into Fort Watauga. March ends on October 7 at Kings Mountain with the Battle of Kings Mountain

Past events

Thursday, February 29, 2024 Living American Revolutionary War Wax Museum
Saturday, January 27, 2024 OVTA Board & Annual Meeting
Monday, September 25, 2023 2023 Annual March
Saturday, September 23, 2023 Abingdon Muste Grounds "Call to Arms"
Thursday, September 14, 2023 OVTA Firelock Training
Saturday, August 19, 2023 OVTA Firelock Training
Saturday, August 19, 2023 OVTA Board Meeting
Saturday, August 12, 2023 OVTA Firelock Training- CANCELLED
Saturday, January 28, 2023 OVTA Board/Annual meeting
Saturday, January 21, 2023 NPS Storytelling Workshop
Saturday, December 03, 2022 Colonial Christmas
Thursday, December 01, 2022 Upcoming Events along OVNTrail
Saturday, November 05, 2022 OVTA Board
Sunday, September 25, 2022 Annual Kings Mountain March
Saturday, September 17, 2022 Cherokee Seige
Saturday, September 10, 2022 SAR Gathering
Saturday, August 13, 2022 Crockett Days
Saturday, August 06, 2022 OVTA Board meeting (in person & zoom)
Saturday, July 23, 2022 Independence on the Frontier
Saturday, June 18, 2022 Forming the Militia
Friday, June 10, 2022 American Heritage Festival
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 OVTA Board meeting
Saturday, April 09, 2022 Watauga Association 250th Anniversary
Saturday, April 09, 2022 Market Faire
Saturday, January 22, 2022 OVTA Board & Annual Meeting
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 Polk County Night at the Museum
Saturday, November 06, 2021 OVTA Board Meeting
Saturday, September 25, 2021 2021 OVTA March
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 Educational Field Day Interpretive Program
Saturday, August 21, 2021 Surry County's 250th Celebration
Saturday, August 07, 2021 OVTA Board Meeting
Saturday, August 07, 2021 NPS Blackpowder Training
Saturday, June 12, 2021 History Timeline
Saturday, June 05, 2021 Trail Days
Monday, May 31, 2021 OVTA Color Guard for Dedication of Gold Star Monument Ceremony
Saturday, May 08, 2021 William Lenoir's Birthday Celebration
Thursday, April 29, 2021 OVTA Board
Saturday, January 30, 2021 Annual Membership Meeting
Saturday, January 30, 2021 OVTA Board/Annual Meeting
Saturday, December 05, 2020 OVTA Board Meeting
Friday, September 25, 2020 Kings Mountain March
Saturday, August 29, 2020 NPS Blackpowder Training- canceled
Friday, August 07, 2020 National Park Service Storytelling Workshop- canceled
Saturday, July 25, 2020 OVTA Board Meeting
Saturday, July 25, 2020 Liberation Day- Virtual Event
Sunday, May 03, 2020 National Parks Service Storytelling Workshop
Saturday, March 28, 2020 OVTA Board Meeting
Saturday, February 29, 2020 NPS Blackpowder Firelock Safety Training
Saturday, February 01, 2020 OVTA Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 04, 2020 Olde Thyme Christmas
Saturday, December 14, 2019 Charleston Victory Day
Saturday, November 16, 2019 OVTA Board of Directors meeting
Wednesday, September 18, 2019 2019 March to Kings Mountain
Saturday, August 10, 2019 OVTA Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, May 16, 2019 2019 Regional Trails Workshop
Saturday, March 30, 2019 OVTA Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, January 26, 2019 OVTA Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 26, 2019 OVTA Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, June 02, 2018 Timeline at Rocky Mount
Saturday, November 04, 2017 Black Powder NPS Training and Certification
Friday, November 03, 2017 Board of Directors Meeting
Thursday, August 24, 2017 Living History at the Abingdon Muster Grounds
Friday, August 18, 2017 Board of Directors Meeting
Saturday, July 22, 2017 Living History at the Abingdon Muster Grounds
Saturday, June 24, 2017 Living History at the Abingdon Muster Grounds
Friday, April 21, 2017 Overmountain Men Primitive Encampment
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 John Sevier Chapter-OVTA participation in parade: Philadelphia Revolutionary War Museum Grand Opening
Saturday, April 01, 2017 Meeting-Board of Directors
Saturday, March 25, 2017 OVTA participation in "Tanasi 1796"
Friday, March 24, 2017 Overmountain Victory Trail Revolutionary War Days in Elkin
Saturday, January 21, 2017 OVTA Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 21, 2017 OVTA Board of Director's Meeting
Saturday, April 16, 2016 OVTA Primitive Camping and Shooting Match
Saturday, January 30, 2016 OVTA Annual Meeting
Saturday, November 21, 2015 Black Powder NPS Certification
Friday, November 20, 2015 2015 OVTA Fall Meeting
Friday, November 20, 2015 2015 OVTA Fall Board Meeting
Saturday, January 24, 2015 OVTA Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 24, 2015 OVTA Board Meeting
Friday, January 23, 2015 Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Planning Session
Sunday, November 23, 2014 Battle at Cane Creek - Survey Project - ***CANCELLED***
Saturday, November 22, 2014 OVTA Board Meeting
Friday, November 21, 2014 Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Symposium
Saturday, November 15, 2014 Battle at Cane Creek - Survey Project - Weekend #4
Saturday, November 08, 2014 Battle at Cane Creek - Survey Project - Weekend #3
Saturday, November 01, 2014 Battle at Cane Creek - Survey Project - Weekend #2
Saturday, October 25, 2014 Battle at Cane Creek - Survey
Saturday, October 25, 2014 Battle at Cane Creek - Survey Project - Weekend #1
Saturday, October 11, 2014 Biggerstaff's Old Fields
Sunday, September 21, 2014 OVTA Annual March
Saturday, August 30, 2014 Blue Ridge Parkway - Minerals Museum - Guided Walk
Saturday, August 09, 2014 OVTA Board Meeting
Thursday, July 17, 2014 Cane Creek Delineation Project Public Meeting
Saturday, April 26, 2014 Pioneer Day
Saturday, April 05, 2014 OVTA Board Meeting
Sunday, February 09, 2014 OVTA - "Hike the Hill"
Thursday, January 23, 2014 The History Museum of Burke County - Battle at Cane Creek
Saturday, January 11, 2014 Overmountain Victory Trail Association Planning Conference
Friday, January 10, 2014 Overmountain Victory Trail Association's Evening of Entertainment and Storytelling
Saturday, November 16, 2013 OVTA Covered Dish Lunch & Board Meeting
Monday, September 23, 2013 Artist Richard Luce Unveiling of Kings Mountain Painting
Monday, September 23, 2013 2013 March
Sunday, September 22, 2013 Sharyn McCrumb - King's Mountain Book Release
Saturday, September 21, 2013 Sharyn McCrumb - King's Mountain Book Release
Saturday, August 03, 2013 OVTA Board Meeting
Saturday, June 01, 2013 National Trails Day
Saturday, April 27, 2013 Pioneer Day
Saturday, April 27, 2013 Greene County, TN 230th Anniversary
Saturday, April 06, 2013 OVTA Board Meeting
Friday, April 05, 2013 2013 Overmountain Victory Trail Conference
Saturday, February 09, 2013 "Hike the Hill"
Thursday, January 17, 2013 An Evening with Senator James T. Broyhill - CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
Friday, January 11, 2013 OVTA Annual Planning and Membership Meeting
Saturday, November 17, 2012 OVTA Board Meeting
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