Come learn Thomas Ingles’s story through the eyes of expert interpreter Doug Wood from West Virginia. Follow the Ingles son during the summer of 1775 as he returns home from military duty along the Ohio River. Thomas, who along with his mother, was taken captive by the Shawnees in 1755. However, the four-year-old remained with the tribe for a number of years. Bythe age of 17, he returned to his family, and was schooled to become a Virginia gentleman. At the age of 23, he served Virginia in the war led by Royal Governor Lord Dunmore against his former Shawnee nation. After the decisive Battle of Point Pleasant, Thomas served as a liaison between Shawnees and Virginians while stationed at the Point. Onlookers will hear the story of how this young man lived in both the Indian and the European settler worlds. This year is the 250 th anniversary of Dunmore’s War in Western Virginia, a major stepping-stone to the Revolutionary War.