Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Reliving American colonial times

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution.

Walter Beauchamp of Sammamish, left, leads a gun drill with a group of English redcoats, from left, Morgan Baker of Lacey, Stephen Norby of Lacey, Paul Timmerman of Dover, N.H., and Bob Ballard of San Antonio, Texas, at Saturday’s Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Walter Beauchamp of Sammamish, left, leads a gun drill with a group of English redcoats, from left, Morgan Baker of Lacey, Stephen Norby of Lacey, Paul Timmerman of Dover, N.H., and Bob Ballard of San Antonio, Texas, at Saturday’s Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Walter Beauchamp of Sammamish, left, leads a gun drill with a group of English redcoats, from left, Morgan Baker of Lacey, Stephen Norby of Lacey, Paul Timmerman of Dover, N.H., and Bob Ballard of San Antonio, Texas, at Saturday’s Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution.

Terry Smith of Seattle explains the use of a musket during Saturday’s Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Terry Smith of Seattle explains the use of a musket during Saturday’s Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Terry Smith of Seattle explains the use of a musket during Saturday’s Northwest Colonial Festival at the George Washington Inn east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution.

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