Fraser’s Ridge Homecoming 2020 Cancellation

After much thought and prayer, discussions with my husband, and the feedback I received from my organizing team and others in the local and state community, I have decided to cancel this year’s Homecoming. It was one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever had to make but I know in my heart that it was not only the right one but the only one in these uncertain times. 

In a time when it sometimes seems the value of human life and the well-being of our neighbor only extends as far as our own convenience or our own wallets, for me, it extended far beyond that.  No, I’m not going to make the money that I needed or anticipated making but there are things far greater than money and that’s the health and well being of the 175 amazing people who had purchased tickets to the Homecoming.  In addition, once I added my team members, the regiments and militias, other living history groups, instructors, the caterer and their crew, musicians and cast members, the total number was going to be closer to 300.  I was holding the welfare of 300 lives in my hands.  As difficult as it was to pull the trigger on cancelling the event, it really was a no brainer.  In my considerations, I wanted to do what the quote above from Lou Holtz says, I wanted to do the right thing, to do the best I could and I always wanted to show people that I care.  When you put those three things together along with the information I am providing below, you’ll understand why this was the most difficult choice but also the easiest choice for me to make.

Here are the factors that went into my decision: