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Schedule of Events
Scheduled events will be listed on this calendar as soon as they get confirmed.
February 24th & 25th (Saturday & Sunday), 9:00 – 5:00 ~ Washington's Encampment at the Dey Mansion, 199 Totowa Rd., Wayne, NJ. Website: https://www.deymansion.org/events
March 16th (Saturday), 10:00-1:00 ~ Drop Spindle Spinning Workshop, Harriton Historic House and Park, 500 Harriton Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/harriton-historic-skills-workshop-drop-spindle-spinning-tickets-825377254587?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
March 27th (Wednesday Evening), 7:00 PM-9:00 PM ~ "Crossroads Ceili" Performance, Irish Heritage Celebration, Rockland Community College Cultural Arts Center, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY. Website: https://sunyrockland.edu/event/the-thomas-j-moran-crossroads-ceili/
April 6th & 7th (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ East Jersey Olde Towne Village "Opening Weekend / British Occupation!" Event; 1050 River Rd., Piscataway, NJ. Website: https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/government/departments/department-of-economic-development/the-arts-institute-of-middlesex-county/division-of-history-and-historic-preservation/east-jersey-old-town-villageApril 20th (Saturday), 10:00-5:00 PM ~ Green Ossining Earth Day Festival; Louis Engel Waterfront Park, Ossining, NY. Website: https://www.greenossining.org/earth-day-festival/
April 27th (Saturday), 10:00-4:00 ~ "History Day at the Hopper-Goetschius House," part of NW Bergen History Coalition; 363 E. Saddle River Rd., Upper Saddle River, NJ. Website: https://www.usrhistoricalsociety.org/eventsMay 11th (Saturday), 11:00 – 4:00 ~ Spinning at the Queens Farm Village Sheep Shearing Festival; Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park, NY. Website: https://www.queensfarm.org/sheep-shearing-festival/
May 18th & 19th (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ “Follow the French” BAR Encampment ( w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin! ); Yorktown Grange Fairgrounds, 99 Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY. Website: https://www.brigade.org/schedule
June 19th (Wednesday), 2:00 – 5:00 PM ~ “Adventure Begins at Your Library!” Harrison Public Library, 2 Bruce Ave., Harrison, NY Website: https://www.harrisonpl.org/events/harrison
July 4th (Thursday), 10:00-4 PM ~ Independence Day Celebrations at Historic Richmond Town ( w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin); 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY. ( TENTATIVE ) Website: https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/events/independence-day-celebrationAugust 31st (Saturday), 11:00-4:00 ~ Battle of Brooklyn Commemoration (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin!); Old Stone House & Washington Park, 336 Third St., Brooklyn, NY. ( TENTATIVE )Website: https://theoldstonehouse.org/event/maryland-400-remembrance-ceremony-battle-of-brooklyn-living-history-2/
Sept. 8th & 9th (Saturday & Sunday), 11:00-5:00 ~ 100th Annual Yorktown Grange Fair; Yorktown Grange Fairgrounds, 99 Moseman Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY. ( tentative ) Website: https://www.yorktowngrangefair.org/index.html
Sept. 28th (Saturday), 10:00-4:00 ~ Harriton Farmstead Fair (w/ special guest Benjamin Franklin!); Harriton Historic House and Park, 500 Harriton Rd., Bryn Mawr, PA Website: https://harritonhouse.org/events
Oct. 5th (Saturday), 10:00-1:00 ~ Spinning at the Farmer’s Market, John Jay Homestead State Historic Site, 400 Jay St, Katonah, NY. Website: http://johnjayhomestead.org/events/farm-market/
Oct. 19th (Saturday), 10:00-4:00 ~ Old Home Day at Historic Richmond Town; 441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY. ( TENTATIVE )Website: https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/events/old-home-day-weekendOct. 20th (Sunday), 12:00-4:00 ~ Heritage of West Nyack Fall Festival, Historic Traphagen House, 131 Germonds Rd., West Nyack, NY. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.heritageofwestnyack.org
Nov. 23rd & 24th (Saturday & Sunday), 10:00-4:00 ~ Retreat from Fort Lee, NJ, Re-enactment events. Fort Lee State Park (Saturday) & Historic New Bridge Landing (Sunday) . Website:
(Photo: Jacob Purdy Homestead, White Plains, NY. Courtesy Al Pochek)