7th Annual Living History Event NH

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7th Annual Living History Event in Hillsborough, NH. We are excited to host some very special guests this year: Thomas Jefferson, authentically portrayed by Steve Edenbo; Louisa May Alcott portrayed by an artful Marianne Donnelly; and Daniel Webster via Jim Cooke. Once again, among us will be Laura Ingalls Wilder portrayed by the talented Melanie Stringer. And two return favorites: Mr. Bayly?our 18th Century Magician, and Tom Hanford and his Chimney-side Tales and a special parade led by the Traveling Troubadour!! Children and adults alike will have access to many hands-on activities. Come and watch the making of maple syrup, apple cider, cooking on an old wood-fired cook stove, try your hand at the butter and ice cream churns, candle dipping, soap-making, old-fashioned laundry and ironing, pan for real gold, throw a pot on a wheel, assist a blacksmith. Learn the history, technique and tools of the trade while you watch a real stone wall being built. Sit in on a class with Ms. Brown in the one-room 1840 schoolhouse. Watch and learn from an awesome raptor program. Take afternoon tea and gingerbread with Ms. Regina, learn the minuet or how to stitch a simple sampler. Or the handcrafts of quill & ink or cornhusk dolls. Take in the history of lighting and the telephone. Visit the local historic Center Church. See what you can do with some beautiful old woodworking tools. Enjoy period music, games, magician, stories, costumes, handiwork and food. Stroll through early military encampments, witness historic battles, with mounted cavalry, and cannons roaring!