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Heritage Days
on the Goshen Trail
32nd Annual,
Godfrey, Illinois; September 24 & 25, 2011
9 am - 5 pm daily
- Rain or Shine
Heritage Days on the Goshen Trail will be on the grounds of Lewis & Clark College in
Godfrey, Illinois. The annual event runs from 9:00 until 5:00 both
days, rain or shine. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children
(5-12), Free (under 5).
The
Heritage Days Living History Festival features events from the time
period 1700-1840, including opening and closing flag ceremonies, folk
dancers and singers, fifes and drums, dulcimer players, a storyteller,
folk musicians, children's activities, and hands-on quilting.
This
year's event will feature many
Traditional Artisans. Participants include makers
of baskets, candles, bows and arrows, dulcimers, canoe paddles,
walking sticks, soap, gourd crafts, brooms, needle art, string dolls.
There will be flintknappers, weavers, ropemakers, tanners, and wood
carvers. A wide variety of Foods
from the Past will be available. All are prepared
in the traditional manner - over open fires, from authenticated
recipes of the period. Among these foods will be roasted corn,
sauerkraut, buffalo burgers, root beer, ice cream, biscuits and gravy,
Indian fry bread, pork skins, Cornish pasties, turkey legs, caramel
corn, chicken and dumplings, French onion soup, kettle potato chips.
A large
Primitive Encampment is expected. Visitors can walk
alongside the teepees and tents, talk with period traders, and purchase
items offered for sale from traders and primitive stores. There will be
a black powder rifles on display, as well as a cannon and mortar fire
demonstration.
Volunteers are needed! For further information on
any aspect of Heritage Days contact Randy Duncan, president of
Heritage Days on the Goshen Trail, at 618-377-5714, or write to the
organization at P.O. Box 1334, Alton, IL 62002.
Please, no animals allowed except for assistance dogs.
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