Name: Christmas Garrison and 4-mile hike - Fort Loudoun State Historic Park
Start: 2025-12-06T09:45:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-06T13:45:00-05:00
Location: Fort Loudoun

**Christmas Garrison and 4-mile hike - [Fort Loudoun State Historic Park](https://fortloudoun.com)**
Saturday, December 6, 9:45 AM
338 Fort Loudon Rd, Vonore, TN 37885
coordinates: [35.594740°,-84.208120°](https://google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B035'41.1%22N+84%C2%B012'29.2%22W/@35.59474,-84.2106949,17z)

After an easy 4-mile hike around Fort Loudoun State Park ([https://alltrails.com/trail/us/tennessee/fort-loudon-trail-loop](https://alltrails.com/trail/us/tennessee/fort-loudon-trail-loop)), see what "camping" was like in East Tennessee 250+ years ago.

Fort Loudoun Garrison Weekends are re-enactments where the re-enactors spend the weekend at the fort, adopting lifestyles from the past.

**[Christmas Garrison description](https://tnstateparks.com/parks/event_details/fort-loudoun/#/?event=FLSHP-18th-century-christmas-garrison-6December2025)**
"Bring in the holiday season and celebrate Christmas as soldiers did during the French and Indian War. Throughout the day demonstrations will be taking place, such as cooking, laundering, blacksmithing, and artillery drills. There is also a Christmas church service with Parson John and wassail tasting. Be sure to step into the infirmary, compare a soldier’s barrack to the commander’s quarters, and stop by the Cherokee encampment. The evening portion begins at the Visitor’s Center at 6:00 P.M. and includes a candlelight tour of the fort and a rare night firing of the canon."

Afterwards, [Pizzeria Venti](https://facebook.com/p/Pizzeria-Venti-61577928779532/) is available in Vonore for an optional Italian late lunch.
[https://pizzeriaventi.square.site](https://pizzeriaventi.square.site)

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Bruce

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