2012 Calendar of Events
The Daniel Boone Homestead offers a variety of educational programs and special events for visitors of all ages.
March
3/4: Fireside Tales
2pm / Suggested Donation $2/child
Are the wintertime blues getting you and your kids down? Then join us at the Daniel Boone Homestead for our Fireside Tales and chase those blues away! Storytelling was a great way for families in the eighteenth century to pass the time during the long, dark winters. During our Fireside Tales, Homestead Friends and volunteers will read a few stories geared toward young children ages 4 – 8 and their families in the rustic atmosphere of the Wayside Lodge.
On March 4, children will hear an exciting tale about colonial life for children. We will make sure to have a nice, cheerful fire going in the fireplace in the Wayside Lodge but it will still be quite chilly inside so remember to dress warmly and bring a few extra blankets or quilts to relax on and snuggle under! Complimentary light refreshments will also be provided. Forget about Old Man Winter for an hour or two and spend an afternoon with your family at the Daniel Boone Homestead!
3/4: Fireside Tales
2pm / Suggested Donation $2/child
Are the wintertime blues getting you and your kids down? Then join us at the Daniel Boone Homestead for our Fireside Tales and chase those blues away! Storytelling was a great way for families in the eighteenth century to pass the time during the long, dark winters. During our Fireside Tales, Homestead Friends and volunteers will read a few stories geared toward young children ages 4 – 8 and their families in the rustic atmosphere of the Wayside Lodge.
On March 4, children will hear an exciting tale about colonial life for children. We will make sure to have a nice, cheerful fire going in the fireplace in the Wayside Lodge but it will still be quite chilly inside so remember to dress warmly and bring a few extra blankets or quilts to relax on and snuggle under! Complimentary light refreshments will also be provided. Forget about Old Man Winter for an hour or two and spend an afternoon with your family at the Daniel Boone Homestead!
_3/11: Charter Day Open House & 1st Pa Regiment Flintlock Shoot
12-4pm / FREE
Charter Day recognizes the day William Penn received his land grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II of England in 1681. In observance of Pennsylvania’s founding, the Daniel Boone Homestead will offer an exciting open house and living history program for the afternoon. Charter Day is a rain or shine event and is free and open to the public.
Our historic area will be filled with volunteers interpreting life in the eighteenth century. Visitors can tour the Boone House and learn about hearth cooking as costumed interpreters prepare an eighteenth century meal in the kitchen. Additionally, all the historic buildings with be open, and blacksmithing and gun building demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the day in the blacksmith shop. Local Native American Darius Puff will share stories about Native American heritage, life, and culture. While in the Boone house, Robert Mouland will treat visitors to parlor music, and in the wayside lodge, visitors can join the Amity Colonial Dancers as they illustrate different eighteenth-century dances. Activities for children will also be available throughout the day, including eighteenth-century toys and games. Visitors can tour the Bertolet Log Cabin and learn more about open hearth cooking. Additional demonstrations include meat smoking, leatherworking, textile processing, and spinning. At the rifle range, the 1st Pa Regiment of the Continental Line will be conducting flintlock shooting demonstrations and chatting with visitors.
No admission is charged for this program, but donations will be kindly accepted. Light refreshments will also be provided. This program is sponsored and run by the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead and has been financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development Operations Center.
3/25: Women's History Program “Women’s Work on Pennsylvania Farms in the Colonial Period”
2pm / Suggested Donation $2/person (Additional fee applies for guided and self-guided tours of the Boone House and historic area)
Join the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead for an exciting presentation celebrating Women’s History Month. Amateur historian and part-time farmer Dr. Barbara Corson will present her program entitled, “Women’s Work on Pennsylvania Farms in the Colonial Period.” This lecture will address the tasks that women commonly did on farms in the eighteenth century including dairying, tending poultry, and helping with field work and hay production. Dr. Corson, who is also a veterinary pathologist for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, developed a free-lance historical interpretation and consulting service called “Hoofprints in Time.” Through this service she celebrates the important roles domestic animals play in human societies of the past, present, and future.
Staff and volunteers will be offering guided tours of the Boone House as well throughout the day. Visitors can also take a self-guided walking tour of the historic outbuildings including the blacksmith shop, barn, and smokehouse.
Program will take place in the DeTurk Education Center and light refreshments will be provided.
12-4pm / FREE
Charter Day recognizes the day William Penn received his land grant for Pennsylvania from King Charles II of England in 1681. In observance of Pennsylvania’s founding, the Daniel Boone Homestead will offer an exciting open house and living history program for the afternoon. Charter Day is a rain or shine event and is free and open to the public.
Our historic area will be filled with volunteers interpreting life in the eighteenth century. Visitors can tour the Boone House and learn about hearth cooking as costumed interpreters prepare an eighteenth century meal in the kitchen. Additionally, all the historic buildings with be open, and blacksmithing and gun building demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the day in the blacksmith shop. Local Native American Darius Puff will share stories about Native American heritage, life, and culture. While in the Boone house, Robert Mouland will treat visitors to parlor music, and in the wayside lodge, visitors can join the Amity Colonial Dancers as they illustrate different eighteenth-century dances. Activities for children will also be available throughout the day, including eighteenth-century toys and games. Visitors can tour the Bertolet Log Cabin and learn more about open hearth cooking. Additional demonstrations include meat smoking, leatherworking, textile processing, and spinning. At the rifle range, the 1st Pa Regiment of the Continental Line will be conducting flintlock shooting demonstrations and chatting with visitors.
No admission is charged for this program, but donations will be kindly accepted. Light refreshments will also be provided. This program is sponsored and run by the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead and has been financed in part by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development Operations Center.
3/25: Women's History Program “Women’s Work on Pennsylvania Farms in the Colonial Period”
2pm / Suggested Donation $2/person (Additional fee applies for guided and self-guided tours of the Boone House and historic area)
Join the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead for an exciting presentation celebrating Women’s History Month. Amateur historian and part-time farmer Dr. Barbara Corson will present her program entitled, “Women’s Work on Pennsylvania Farms in the Colonial Period.” This lecture will address the tasks that women commonly did on farms in the eighteenth century including dairying, tending poultry, and helping with field work and hay production. Dr. Corson, who is also a veterinary pathologist for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, developed a free-lance historical interpretation and consulting service called “Hoofprints in Time.” Through this service she celebrates the important roles domestic animals play in human societies of the past, present, and future.
Staff and volunteers will be offering guided tours of the Boone House as well throughout the day. Visitors can also take a self-guided walking tour of the historic outbuildings including the blacksmith shop, barn, and smokehouse.
Program will take place in the DeTurk Education Center and light refreshments will be provided.
Photo by Brad Kissam
April
4/1: Pennsylvania German Easter & Spring Nature Program
12-4pm / $4/child (3-14), $3/adult
Join the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead for their second annual Easter and Spring Nature Program. This year we’ll be offering a new twist on today’s typical Easter egg hunt. Children will hunt for plastic eggs filled with candy and treats hidden inside the site’s historic buildings with the help of volunteers. Please bring a basket to collect your plastic eggs. Spend some time outdoors in the spring air with your family and friends and learn all about old-fashioned Easter celebrations.
In addition to the egg hunt, the Homestead will offer face painting and eighteenth-century toys and games. At the Bertolet Log Cabin, children will learn about the traditional Pennsylvania German Easter, including the Easter Tree and Easter Rabbit, and decorate paper egg ornaments to hang on the tree. Children will also have the opportunity to dye eggs using colonial dyeing methods. If you wish to dye your own egg and take it with you, please bring one from home. At the rifle range, the 1st Pa Regiment of the Continental Line will offer flintlock shooting demonstrations throughout the afternoon.
The Easter Egg Hunt will be offered in conjunction with the Homestead’s annual Spring Nature Program. This year a volunteer from the Pennsylvania State Master Gardeners of Berks County will present a program on landscaping with native plants.
Light refreshments provided. Don’t miss this newly-expanded, spring event at the Homestead!
4/1: Pennsylvania German Easter & Spring Nature Program
12-4pm / $4/child (3-14), $3/adult
Join the Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead for their second annual Easter and Spring Nature Program. This year we’ll be offering a new twist on today’s typical Easter egg hunt. Children will hunt for plastic eggs filled with candy and treats hidden inside the site’s historic buildings with the help of volunteers. Please bring a basket to collect your plastic eggs. Spend some time outdoors in the spring air with your family and friends and learn all about old-fashioned Easter celebrations.
In addition to the egg hunt, the Homestead will offer face painting and eighteenth-century toys and games. At the Bertolet Log Cabin, children will learn about the traditional Pennsylvania German Easter, including the Easter Tree and Easter Rabbit, and decorate paper egg ornaments to hang on the tree. Children will also have the opportunity to dye eggs using colonial dyeing methods. If you wish to dye your own egg and take it with you, please bring one from home. At the rifle range, the 1st Pa Regiment of the Continental Line will offer flintlock shooting demonstrations throughout the afternoon.
The Easter Egg Hunt will be offered in conjunction with the Homestead’s annual Spring Nature Program. This year a volunteer from the Pennsylvania State Master Gardeners of Berks County will present a program on landscaping with native plants.
Light refreshments provided. Don’t miss this newly-expanded, spring event at the Homestead!
May
5/6: Children's Day & 1st Pa Regiment Flintlock Shoot
12-4pm / Regular admission charged
5/6: Children's Day & 1st Pa Regiment Flintlock Shoot
12-4pm / Regular admission charged
June
TBA: Evening on the Green
6-9pm / Regular admission charged
TBA: Evening on the Green
6-9pm / Regular admission charged
July
7/4: Independence Day Program & 1st Pa Regiment Flintlock Shoot
10am-4pm / Regular admission charged
7/4: Independence Day Program & 1st Pa Regiment Flintlock Shoot
10am-4pm / Regular admission charged