METROPOLIS, Ill. (KFVS) - The Fort Massac Encampment will return to Metropolis, Illinois on October 18 and 19.

According to organizers, the encampment festival allows visitors to experience what life was like at Fort Massac during the 18th and early 19th centuries.

The fort served as a frontier outpost along the Ohio River for personnel from France, Britain, and the early years of the United States from 1757 to 1814.

Organizers say there will be hundreds of military reenactors, presenting the roles of explorers, traders, settlers and soldiers on the early Illinois frontier.

The encampment will feature an opening “Posting of the Colours” ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Both afternoons, mock military battles and tactical demonstrations will be performed by reenactors on the

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