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All Ages: Fort Hunter Day

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Date – Time

September 20, 2020 – 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Location

Fort Hunter Mansion, Harrisburg
5300 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110 US

Additional Information

Date: Sunday, September 9th 
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Cost:  FREE
Ages: All
SIgn up: Visit the event website here
Contact: (717) 599-5751
***This is not a HAHA sponsored event. For informational purposes only***

Fort Hunter Day ushers in fall with a free celebration of the old-time way of life. Sponsored by M&T Bank, visitors will find arts and crafts, children’s games and activities, historic demonstrations and exhibits, entertainment, a bake sale, festival food and more.

View a butterfly habitat, visit with the PA Honey Queen, see old farm implements and hear a street organ played.  Learn about native foods – pawpaws, persimmons, hickory and shagbark hickory nuts and sassafras.

Visit Heckton Church throughout the day to enjoy casual musical offerings, Saint Thomas Dulcimer Society 12 – 2p.m.. View antique tractors, a 1947 Mac fire engine and an antique hammermill from private collections.

Archaeologists from the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission will be excavating in the side yard of the Mansion to find the 1750s Fort at Hunter’s Mill.

Throughout the day enjoy musical entertainment on the corncrib stage in partnership with the Susquehanna Folk Music Society. Sincere thanks to event sponsor M&T Bank for their support of this fun, family day.  

Highlights

       Butterfly Habitat Demonstration
       Arts and Crafts Show
       Honey Bee Queen
       Dairy Cow
       Chalk Art Demonstration
       Antique Tractors, Fire Engines, Old Time Wagon and Tools
     Children’s Hands-on Activities
     Heckton Church Concerts –  Saint Thomas Dulcimer Society
     McAllister Cemetery Walking Tour, 1 pm
      Hay rides
     Children’s Games and Play Area
     Archaeology Excavation and Interpretation
      Pretzel Purveyors
     Strolling Musicians – Gents Night Out” barbershop
     Craft Demonstrations – native foods demonstrationapple butter making, spinning and weaving,
     quilting, needlepoint, soap making, woodworking, bee keeping, chair caning, home canning
      Mansion Tours – $3.00
      Quilt Exhibit – African-American Quilters Gathering of Harrisburg
     Children’s Crafts
     Exhibits – Old Time Native Foods
     Corncrib Stage Entertainment –Susquehanna Folk Music Jam Session