DEERFIELD — Travel back in time and hear the “shot heard ‘round the world” at Historic Deerfield’s Patriot’s Day Revolutionary Muster later this month.
The event is scheduled Saturday, April 22, and will offer a full day of activities, from opening “Reveille” at 10:30 a.m. to various period demonstrations and reenactments in a Colonial-era encampment. In the evening, there will be a fife and drum procession to the town Liberty Pole.
Admission is free for Deerfield residents and children under 6 years old. For others, it’s $18 for adults, $5 for youth. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine.
“Revolutionary times will come to life through demonstrations of period crafts and activities, fife and drum music, cannon and musket firing, and a muster,” says a press release about the event. A muster is an assembly of military troops.
“This event will give visitors the opportunity to gain a richer sense of what life was like in early America during this period,” said Laurie Nivison, director of marketing at Historic Deerfield. “The Revolution played out in different ways all across our state as people responded to the news of what happened on April 19, 1775, in Lexington and Concord.”
Other activities throughout the day include open hearth cooking and powder horn carving demonstrations in the 1786 Hall Tavern. “Horse-drawn wagon rides will transport visitors through the village, and all historic houses will be available for touring. Visitors can make a flag to wave during the afternoon parade, and then take it home as a memento,” the statement continues.
“Also on view will be the exhibition “Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection” at Historic Deerfield’s Flynt Center of Early New England Life.
For more information, a detailed scheduled of events or to find group rates, visit www.historic-deerfield.org or call Visitor’s Services Manager at 413-775-7132.
You can reach Andy Castillo
at: acastillo@recorder.com
or 413-772-0261, ext. 263