- 9/20/15
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Fort Hunter Day
Autumn festival featuring a craft show, carriage rides, children’s crafts and games, hayrides, exhibits, music, demonstrations of 1700 and 1800s life, pony rides, food and surprises around every corner. Free Click here for craft vendor application.Enjoy these highlights:
Children’s Hands-on Activities McAllister Cemetery Walking Tour, 1 pm Hay rides, Carriage rides, Pony rides Arts and Crafts Show Children’s Games and Play Area Archaeology Excavation and Interpretation Pretzel Purveyors Open Hearth Cooking Strolling Musicians – “Gents Night Out” barbershop, bagpiper David Weisman Craft Demonstrations – apple butter making, rug hooking, quilting, woodworking, lace making, bee keeping, hemp spinning, sheep shearing and spinning, ice cream making by Urban Churn Mansion Tours – $3.00 Late 1700s Country Squire – Dave Biser Quilt Exhibit – African-American Quilters Gathering of Harrisburg Children’s Crafts Exhibits – 1800s cooking Fort Couture Corncrib Stage Entertainment –Susquehanna Folk Music Jam Session, Seasons, Harrisburg Mandolin Ensemble, Harrisburg Scottish Country Dance Society, Vinegar Creek Constituency
Built on a bluff overlooking the Susquehanna River, Fort Hunter Mansion and Park has served as a war fort, a hub for frontier commerce, and an exclusive private estate. Now preserved and open to the public, Fort Hunter Mansion and Park invites you to explore Pennsylvania's rich history.
