Annual
18th-Century Market Fair

photo courtesy Angie Hummer

Another successful Market Fair has come and gone. On behalf of the members of the Friends of Fort Frederick and the Market Fair Committee, I wish to thank all of the sutler and camper participants for their support of the event through their attendance and portrayals of life as it was in the 1700’s.

I also wish to thank all of the members of the public who came out to enjoy the atmosphere of the Fair and who supported our vendors through their interest in their wares. ‘Going to the Fair’ is a wonderful opportunity to increase ones knowledge of the French and Indian War and the role that historic Fort Frederick played in that conflict and in protecting the Maryland frontier in general. We all hope you had a wonderful time!

We hope to see you at next year’s Market Fair, which will be held April 25 - April 28, 2013. We will be posting sutler and camper information, as well as general information, in the late summer to early fall. Be sure to check the website for updates.

Jenifer Scarisbrick

President - Friends of Fort Frederick State Park

The Annual Fort Frederick Market Fair

Hosted by the Friends of Fort Frederick State Park and Fort Frederick State Park

The annual Market Fair is an opportunity to travel back in time to an authentic 18th century market fair! During the Market Fair at historic Fort Frederick, an original stone fort built in 1756 during the French and Indian War, you can experience a ‘village’ of period tents and hundreds of reenactors and sutlers (vendors) selling 18th century wares.

Folk in clothing of the times portray a wide variety of the people and lifestyles of the period: ladies and gentlemen, children, servants, traders, merchants, soldiers, long hunters and eastern Woodland Indians. Period performers provide entertainment for all. Wares reflecting the period such as clothing, fabric, pottery, baskets, books, camp gear, muskets and accoutrements, jewelry, weaving, copper, tin and horn ware, fireplace and cooking hardware, lanterns, silhouettes, paintings and prints are for sale. Artisans demonstrate 18 th century crafts.

A fundraising auction benefiting the Friends of Fort Frederick provides the opportunity to bid on items donated by our fine sutlers. Food is available for purchase.