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5th ANNUAL
RURAL HERITAGE DAYS AUGUST 13-16, 2008
At the Union
County Historical Society’s historic Dale/Engle/Walker House off Rte 192, 2
miles west of Route 15, Lewisburg, follow brown Penn Dot signs. Plan ahead and
join the fun. Wednesday,
August 13 Noon - 4 PM Juggler ~ Children's Old-fashioned Games with prizes:
Bean Bag Toss, Sack Races, Hoop Rolling, Red Rover, and more ~ Make a Corn Husk
Dolly or Work on an 18th-Century Pocket ~ Hand-milking of Cow ~ Pony
Cart Rides ~ Food: Hamburgers/Hot Dogs, Ice Cream made by Amishman, Samuel
Yoder with Hit & Miss Engine ~ Porch-side demonstrations of Beanshelling, Butter,
Soap, and Noodle making, Carding and Spinning, Treadle Sewing Machine Work, Clothes
Washing the Colonial way ~ Tours of 1793 Original Kitchen ~ Animal Exhibits:
Heritage Turkeys, Piglets, Goats, Chickens, Peeps ~ Participate in an 18th-Century
Rope Walk ~ See Apron Memories,
an exhibit about Grandma’s and Grandpa’s aprons
no fee Thursday,
August 14 6 PM “Whatever Did They Wear?” a Narrated 18th-Century Fashion Show with
period music and light refreshment at the Dale/Engle/Walker farm house. Bring your own lawn chair no
fee
Friday, August
15 6 PM Wagon
ride from the Dale/Engle/Walker
property to the 19th-century Grove’s Mill for a tour of the
mill which operates with a horizontal water turbine paid reservations required in advance
524-8666
Saturday,
August 16 10 AM - 4 PM All Day Chicken Barbecue and Corn
Roast with All the Fixings and Ice Cream Making ~ Draft horse-drawn Wagon Rides
~ Hit & Miss Engines making Souvenir Rolling Pins, Baseball Bats, Boxes,
and Shingles as well as Rye Bindering and Threshing Demonstrations ~ Fill a Bed
Tick with Straw and Grain Bags with Rye ~Butter Print Carver and Stone Carver ~
Leather Ball Making and Juggler Demonstrations ~ Blacksmiths ~ Wheelwright ~
Horse Shoeing ~ Gunsmith ~Tinsmiths ~ Rail Fence making ~ Rye Straw Hatmaker ~ Corn
Husk Matmaker ~ Counted Cross Stitching and Colonial Pocket Making ~ Quiltmaking
~ Three Exhibits: Apron Memories and From Forest to Finished Project and Samplers ~ Wagon Shed and farming
tools ~ Music ~Sale of Antiques and Collectables $3
parking donation
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