Colonial Market Fair and Militia Muster
October 18 - October 19
Craft demonstrations • Hearth cooking demos • Militia drills
Travel back in time to the American Revolution at the historic Colonel Paul Wentworth House. The sights and sounds of the Revolutionary era will come to life at a colonial market fair with 18th century craftspeople at work, while the militia musters in preparation for joining General Washington’s forces against the British.
DATES: Saturday October 18, Sunday October 19
TIME: tba
At the market fair, artisans in colonial dress will demonstrate period crafts such as joinery, wood carving, smithing, basket weaving, shoemaking, spinning, millinery, and hearth cooking. Meanwhile, militiamen will perform musket and artillery drills and firings on the hour, and will explain their weapons and equipment. There will also be a special kids drills!
Tours of the Wentworth House will also be available.