Experience History: Revolutionary War Encampment Returns

Revolutionary War Encampment

Travel back in time and experience our Annual Revolutionary War Encampment, presented by the 5th Connecticut Regiment.

Join us from 10 am to 4 pm for a fun, educational immersion in the Colonial era, including period music, open hearth cooking demonstrations, children's colonial games, traditional craft-making, speak with a surgeon, musket demonstrations, camp tours with the 5th Connecticut Regiment, and so much more.

The free festivities will begin on the Museum grounds immediately following the Town of Wethersfield Memorial Day Parade.

Demonstrations throughout the day will include:

• Colonial Music
• Children’s Colonial Games
• Surgeon's Table
• Woodworking
• Open Hearth Cooking and Food
• Flag Displays and History Programs
• Weaving and Sewing
• Soldier's Tent and Display of Equipment
• Colonial Clothing and Textiles
• Life of a Privateer
• Butter Churning
• Camp tours and information about the 5th Connecticut Regiment and its history

Schedule

10:30 am Musket and drill demonstration
11:00 am Children's wooden musket drill
11:30 am Reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride”
12:00 pm Midday nooning
1:00 pm Musket firing and bayonet practice demonstration
2:00 pm Canon firing demonstration
2:30 pm Reading of “Paul Revere’s Ride”
4:00 pm Camp Closes

Free For All!

PLEASE NOTE: All scheduled activities subject to change.

Regular Museum admission applies for guided house tours and access to exhibitions in the Holcombe Education Center and Kuckro Gallery.

The encampment is underwirtten, in part, by a generous grant from the Sue B. Hart Foundation.

Big Bear Trading Company will be on site throughout the day selling jewelry, gear, and goods inspired by the 17th - 19th centuries.

Come peruse their wares and take home a piece of the Revolution.

Traffic Advisory

The Town of Wethersfield's annual Memorial Day Parade will be held Saturday, May 24 at 9:00 am. Please anticipate road closures starting at 8:30 am. in the areas of State Street, Hartford Avenue, Nott Street, Garden Street, Church Street, Main Street, and Marsh Street.

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