Old-time fun for everyone!

Join us Saturday, October 17, 2026, for a day to celebrate and share our history and heritage with all of our neighbors!
This special open house event on our campus will run from 9 am to 2 pm.

The following activities are being planned for this year’s event.

  • Heritage skill demonstrations:

    • Old-fashioned sorghum molasses making (demonstrations at 10:00 and 11:00)

    • Grist mill grinding (demonstrations at 10:30 and 11:30)

    • Cider pressing

    • Crosscut log sawing

    • Blacksmithing

    • Spinning and knitting

  • Fun, hands-on children’s activities:

    • Old-fashioned toys

    • Carpentry with hand tools

    • Tin punch

    • Butter churning (demonstrations at 10:30, 11:00, and 11:30)

    • Corn shelling

    • Laundry scrubbing in the wash house

    • Farm-animal petting zoo

  • A singing school reenactment and shape note hymn singing (community singing at 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00)

  • Civil War storytelling (presentations at 11:00, 11:30 and 12:30)

  • Farm rides

  • 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.

At this year’s event we’re excited to offer FREE ADMISSION! Many thanks to the business sponsors below who helped to make this possible!