Historic Richmond Town Hosts Father's Day Celebration, 6/20

Historic Richmond Town will present an old fashioned Father's Day celebration on Sunday, June 20th from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Activities include ice cream churning, quartering a log with a froe and mallet, and splitting wood with wedges. 

No reservations are needed. Admission at the door is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3.50 for students and children ages 5 to 17. Children under 5 and SIHS members FREE. For additional information, please visit our website at www.historicrichmondtown.org.

Also this summer at Historic Richmond Town:

FATHER'S DAY BRUNCH SERVED AT THE BENNETT CAFÉ
Sunday, June 20 - One seating 11:00 a.m. $15 per person.
Reservations a must - Call 718-448-6636 by June 15.

SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M.
SQUARE DANCING
AleMo West hosts a casual square dance in the Third County Courthouse,. All ages welcome. No partner, no experience needed. The number of dancers will be limited, so please make reservations in advance. For more information, call (718) 351-9150, or e-mail bnkanter@verizon.net. $5 Adults/1 child free with each dancing adult.

SUNDAY, JULY 4, 11:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.
INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION
Enjoy a pie-baking demonstration, bring a pie you baked to enter the pie-baking contest, an exciting competition that pits ordinary citizens of today against expert "colonial" cooks! Contest will be judged by volunteers. Help to churn old-time ice-cream, participate in the Pinwheel Parade, meet patriotic villagers from the 1800s and earlier. Regular admission

2-WEEK APPRENTICE PROGRAM
Monday-Friday, July 5-9 and July 12-16
For children 11-14.
Time travel to an era in America's past when people made most everything they needed by hand. Apprenticeships are available in Tinsmithing, Basketmaking, Blacksmithing, Cooking, and Spinning for an opportunity to do an intensive exploration of a trade or activity of the past
$375, $350 for members of the Staten Island Historical Society.
Call (718) 351-1611, Ext. 281 for reservations and information.

SATURDAY, JULY 17, 5:00 to 8:30 p.m.
TRADITIONAL DINNER
Savor the flavors of the past! Enjoy a meal served outdoors by costumed historical interpreters, featuring early American foods, including fire-roasted meats, brick oven baked bread, freshly churned butter, seasonal vegetables, salads, and fruit pies. Live music will round out the festivities!
Prepaid reservations required. $75/person, $50/SIHS Members. Call (718) 351-1611, Ext. 281.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY DAY
See demonstrations of open hearth cooking, blacksmithing, and spinning. Try your hand at quill pen writing and old-fashioned games. Explore furnished interiors of buildings from the 1690's through the 1890's.
Presented by Time Warner Cable and thanks to the support of Councilman Vincent Ignizio.
FREE Admission

SATURDAY, SUNDAY, & MONDAY, September 4, 5, & 6, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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The mission of the Staten Island Historical Society is to create opportunities for the public to explore the diversity of the American experience, especially that of Staten Island and its neighboring communities from the colonial period to the present day. Historic Richmond Town is a joint project of the independent Staten Island Historical Society and the City of New York through the Department of Cultural Affairs, and is a member of the Historic House Trust.