PORT ANGELES — Re-enactments of the famous “shot heard round the world” on April 19, 1775, at Concord, Mass., and the battles of Lexington and Concord that launched the Revolutionary War will take place at the George Washington Inn from Wednesday, July 15, through Sunday, July 19.
With black-powder muskets blazing away, red-coated British troops will face the determined resistance of colonial militia twice each day at noon (Lexington Green) and 2:30 p.m. (Concord Bridge).
A full scale replica of the Concord Bridge will be in the inn’s lavender fields.
There also will be a colonial village, British and militia camps plus wool-spinning, gunsmithing and blacksmithing with colonial period reenactors. A re-enactor depicting Gen. George Washington also will be camped on the grounds and available to the public.
The George Washington Inn, a luxury bed and breakfast at 939 Finn Hall Road, between Port Angeles and Sequim on a bluff overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is a re-creation of Washington’s home in Mount Vernon, Va.
Its lavender fields comprise the Washington Lavender Farm.
The events are part of the inn-farm’s Northwest Colonial Festival/Washington Lavender Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 15-19 and coincide with the July 17-19 Sequim-area Lavender Weekend.
Admission is $10 per car (up to 6 people, $5 for additional adults/children, kids under 6 are free) and will include access to the reenactments, demonstrations, food vendors, music concerts on the weekend and the lavender farm’s gift shop.
Separate afternoon tea seating at the inn on the weekend are available at $33.95 per person.
To buy advance tickets, or for more information, click on www.colonialfestival.com and www.facebook.com/walavenderfestival.
Or phone the inn at 360-452-5207.
