Old-time fun for everyone!
We’re excited to announce the return of the Heritage Festival to the Heritage Center this fall!
Join us Saturday, October 21 for a day to celebrate the history and heritage of Brethren and Mennonites in the Shenandoah Valley! This special open house event on our campus will run from 9 am to 2 pm, and will include:
Horse-drawn wagon rides
A singing school reenactment and shape note hymn singing
Heritage skill demonstrations:
Old-fashioned sorghum molasses making
Corn meal grinding
Cider press
Log Cutting
Blacksmithing
Spinning and knitting
Basket weaving
Fun, hands-on children’s activities:
Old-fashioned toys
Carpentry with hand tools
Tin punch
Butter churning
Laundry scrubbing in the wash house
Corn shelling
Civil War storytelling
A petting zoo
Interpretive guides in our historic buildings
These activities will take place throughout the day from 9 am to 2 pm, so come when it suits and stay as long as you like! A lunch of homemade soup and pie will be available (for a freewill donation), as well as complimentary kettle-cooked popcorn.
Admission is $10 per adult, $5 per student, and children 5 and under are free. All proceeds will support the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center.
In the meantime, enjoy these pictures from our most recent Heritage Festival in 2015: