The American Revolution comes to Stockbridge! Please join us for a day of programs and events to mark the 250th anniversary of the year in which the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Throughout the day:
Visit the Mission House, which will be set up as a tavern with hot drinks and baked goods available. Discuss 18th century food and the challenges of provisioning the Continental Army, with Dennis Picard (Library lobby). Meet some of Prado del Lana’s Lincoln Longwool sheep on the Library lawn, and engage in two wool-related activities: “skirting” a fleece and dry felting. Explore cooking and domestic material culture in the Museum and Procter Gallery with staff from the Bidwell House Museum.

First-Person Interpretation, 10:00am – 2:00pm:
Theodore Sedgwick preparing for the Elizabeth Freeman case (Library, Bement Room). Anna Bingham and Abigail Dwight discussing 18th century tavern keeping and running a business as a woman (Red Lion Inn, small parlor). Timothy and Rhoda Edwards: uncle and aunt of Aaron Burr, storekeepers, Judge, Deacon (Mission House). Thomas Williams – highest ranking military officer from Stockbridge to die during the war –discussing the Siege of Boston and other military and local topics. Members of the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment.
Noon – 2:00pm: A demonstration of Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery featuring costumed educators from Fort Ticonderoga, a non-firing reproduction cannon, and two (friendly) oxen
(Bidwell Park, next to the Town Offices).
2:00 – 3:00pm: Reenactor interactions on the Library lawn.
3:00 – 4:00pm: Talk by Gregg Duffek and JoAnn Schedler, Mohican Veterans (Library, Bement Room)
See the Event Website for information