Daniel Boone Homestead Sheep Shearing Day
A few Saturdays back, we visited Hopewell Furnace National Park. We happened upon the Civil War reenactment day. Reenactors from multiple states came together to run the town like it was mid 1800's. It was super cool! Live animals, families with little children, blacksmith, a man fixing an old wooden fence by hand, women stitching, horses pulling sleds and even a man painting. It was a beautiful day, and Hopewell Furnace has a neat history. It was cool for us to happen upon this site on a special day. I was most impressed that this site was one of the first places in America that gave women equal wages and work. There is record of a woman logging the same payload as her male counterparts. Wow! Inspiring.
The next Sunday, the big kids and I ventured out to The Daniel Boone Homestead for Sheep Shearing day. It just happened to be a gorgeous 80 degree afternoon and we were all happy to be outside (Anastasia may have just been happy because she didn't have to take a nap:). It was such a neat time. We watched two sheep being sheared. The shearing demonstrations took place every half hour, so we spent about an hour standing listening to the shearer tell stories between the shearings. In addition to sheep shearing, we learned how to dye wool, dip candles, make linen cloth from flax. We visited the blacksmith shop and learned about how things were made in the 18th century America. We learned how wooden rifles were made (before Eli Whitney and the interchangeable parts!), and we toured an early German settler's cabin. The children tried their hand at writing with quill pens and sealing their letters with wax. We closed out our afternoon with a trip to the Dairy Queen for a dipped ice cream cone. Fun times!
The next Sunday, the big kids and I ventured out to The Daniel Boone Homestead for Sheep Shearing day. It just happened to be a gorgeous 80 degree afternoon and we were all happy to be outside (Anastasia may have just been happy because she didn't have to take a nap:). It was such a neat time. We watched two sheep being sheared. The shearing demonstrations took place every half hour, so we spent about an hour standing listening to the shearer tell stories between the shearings. In addition to sheep shearing, we learned how to dye wool, dip candles, make linen cloth from flax. We visited the blacksmith shop and learned about how things were made in the 18th century America. We learned how wooden rifles were made (before Eli Whitney and the interchangeable parts!), and we toured an early German settler's cabin. The children tried their hand at writing with quill pens and sealing their letters with wax. We closed out our afternoon with a trip to the Dairy Queen for a dipped ice cream cone. Fun times!
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