[IHHAAC Update] Accokeek Foundation Announces October Events

[IHHAAC Email Newsletter]

Press Release

 

Contact: Julie Brunton

Phone: 301.283.2113, ext 20

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Accokeek Foundation Announces October Events

 

COLONIAL DAY

Saturday, October 4, 2008
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
National Colonial Farm, Rain or Shine
Admission Fee Required, Members Free
First 25 Visitors Receive Free Membership to the Accokeek Foundation

Join the Boltons and their extended family on the National Colonial Farm as
they prepare the harvest feast. Try colonial dancing and games, while you
also discover more about what life was like for a middling tobacco planter
and his family on the eve of the American Revolution. Participate in a
family game of "Who's Who on the Colonial Farm" and win a prize! Visit the
blacksmith, herbalist, and more. Play trap ball, and check out the colonial
cooking demonstrations. Snacks will be for sale and the Museum Gift Shop
will be open. Kids, check out the progress of the crops you planted at
Children's Day!

 

TREE PLANTING

Saturday, October 18, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Education Center, Rain or Shine, Free

Join us for a morning of tree planting as we celebrate Gorgeous Prince
George's County Day. Trees will be planted around the site. Wear closed-toe
shoes, terrain will vary. Tools and gloves will be provided.

NATURE NUTS

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
11:00 a.m. to Noon 
3rd Tuesday of each month, April through October
Education Center, Rain or Shine
$6.00 Non-Members, $5.00 Members
Limited to 15 Children, Ages 3-5, Registration Required

This fun-filled hour of exploration at the National Colonial Farm's Museum
Garden is the perfect setting to learn about the wonders of nature. Designed
for children ages 3-5, the children will hear a story, create a craft
project, and go on an outdoor adventure. Children must be accompanied by an
adult.

COLONIAL FOODWAYS

Saturday, October 18, 2008
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
3rd Saturdays Monthly from March through December
National Colonial Farm, Rain or Shine
Admission Fee Required, Members Free

Love food? Ever wonder how people cooked before microwaves or what people
ate before fast food? Join us the 3rd Saturday monthly as costumed
interpreters demonstrate preparation of foods, representative of "middling"
sort tobacco growing families in the late 1700s in Prince George's County,
Maryland. Demonstrations vary monthly, and involve seasonally available
foods, colonial implements and methods.

 

COLONIAL CANDLE-MAKING CLASS

Saturday, October 18, 2008
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
National Colonial Farm, Rain or Shine
$20 Non-Members, $15 Members
Class Size is Limited to 10, Registration Required

Join us for this hands-on workshop to learn the art of candle-making. You
will learn about wicks, waxes, uses of candles in the 1700s, and safety
instruction. We will also discuss recipes and ideas for making your own
candles at home.

 

For more information about this and other events, please visit the Accokeek
Foundation's web site at www.accokeek.org <http://www.accokeek.org/> .

 

Founded almost fifty years ago to protect the view across the Potomac River
from Mount Vernon, the Accokeek Foundation, an educational non-profit,
became one of the nation's first land trusts. Today, the Foundation stewards
200 acres of Piscataway National Park in Accokeek, Maryland, where visitors
can hike a network of trails winding through wetlands, visit a native tree
arboretum, and observe an award-winning forest restoration project. To
emphasize the connection between nature and history, part of the site
includes the National Colonial Farm, a living history museum that depicts a
Maryland middle-class family farm on the eve of the American Revolution.
Nearly extinct historic crops and animals are preserved here for future
generations. The Foundation's organic Ecosystem Farm emphasizes the future
of agriculture as organic farmers learn the tools of a new trade, practice
sustainable use of natural resources, and shares of the farms produce are
sold to households in the community.  The park's beautiful grounds, trails
and programs are open to the public year round.

 

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The Accokeek Foundation

3400 Bryan Point Road, Accokeek, Maryland 20607

301.283.2113

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