For the second year in a row, the county hosted a Heritage Days celebration. The purpose was to give everyone a chance to see what life used to be like from the 1600's to the 1800's. At a $2.00 admission price it was truly a bargain.
Friday there were busloads of children from many of the surrounding counties. What a great chance for these kids to truly experience the past.
Exhibits included;
Talking with revolutionary era settlers
who were also hunter/trappers.
Learning how this country was surveyed.
Throwing a tomahawk (this one was especially popular with the boys in the crowd).
Blacksmithing.
Quilting (although I am fairly positive they didn't have cell phones back then).
Exploring.
Native American home sites.
Preparing for the winter in a log cabin.
Plowing with a team.
Sawing logs (those guys really worked up a sweat!).
And making shakes for a roof.
In addition, there were Heritage Days t-shirts for sale (you know I had to get one),
the high school drum corps played,
and anyone who was interested could enter a scarecrow in the Scarecrow Contest.
There were also several different styles of wagons giving free rides around the grounds (a nice pair of mules, don't you think?).
I am so proud of our small county for making such an educational and fun day possible. I had a blast.
5 comments:
Oh, that looks like a blast! Great photos, thanks for sharing. And yes, nice pair of chestnut mules!
Thanks Kate.
Deborah - Thanks for following this blog too.
So, the t-shirt is made of wool? And of course it itches everywhere? Or is that just a Dutch thing...
It must be a Dutch thing. I have never heard of a wool t-shirt!
truly amazing. They should get this on the Rendezous schedule and get lots of folks here over the weekend.... Don Sweeney and the volunteers who made this possible did great!
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