250 Years of Forging a Nation
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Step into history at our immersive community event. Presented in partnership with Onondaga Historical Association, this engaging afternoon brings the Revolutionary era to life while exploring how the idea behind America's founding continues to shape our nation today.
Visitors of all ages can experience:
• A live blacksmithing demonstration with Mark the British Blacksmith
• Haudenosaunee history and perspectives shared by representatives from Ska-Nonh Great Law of Peace Center
• A historic cooking demonstration and tastings of "Berry Fool" with Jordan Historian Elaine Peters
• Ship models and discussion of the USS Hana (1st ship of the U.S. Navy), and the U.S.S. Constitution (an 18th-century frigate commissioned by President Washington after the war (1797) and named to celebrate the United States Constitution with historian Jon Anderson
• Letters from a Union soldier to his family from the battalion from CNY, and compose a letter to your future self with your thoughts on freedom, equality, and unity with the Liverpool Village Historian's office
• What Union soldiers carried in their packs and how they slept with Dan Fleet, a reenactor from the 122nd New York Infantry Regiment
Plus, the Liverpool Public Library Civics Team will be on hand to engage people in interactive activities focused on considering the principles behind the words in the founding documents.
Visitors of all ages can experience:
• A live blacksmithing demonstration with Mark the British Blacksmith
• Haudenosaunee history and perspectives shared by representatives from Ska-Nonh Great Law of Peace Center
• A historic cooking demonstration and tastings of "Berry Fool" with Jordan Historian Elaine Peters
• Ship models and discussion of the USS Hana (1st ship of the U.S. Navy), and the U.S.S. Constitution (an 18th-century frigate commissioned by President Washington after the war (1797) and named to celebrate the United States Constitution with historian Jon Anderson
• Letters from a Union soldier to his family from the battalion from CNY, and compose a letter to your future self with your thoughts on freedom, equality, and unity with the Liverpool Village Historian's office
• What Union soldiers carried in their packs and how they slept with Dan Fleet, a reenactor from the 122nd New York Infantry Regiment
Plus, the Liverpool Public Library Civics Team will be on hand to engage people in interactive activities focused on considering the principles behind the words in the founding documents.
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Where is it happening?
310 Tulip St, Liverpool, NY, United States, New York 13088
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Host or PublisherLiverpool Public Library
