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Calendar of Events
Front view of the 1832 John Joseph
Henry House.
Jacobsburg Historical Society Calendar of 2010 Events
Boulton Historic Site
2010 Calendar of Events*
*Note that
this is a preliminary schedule for the year.
For more information contact us at 610-759-9029,
Email: jacobsburg@rcn.com
Boulton Historic Site (402 Henry Road)
Museum and Facilities
Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum (PLRM)
— Open weekends, May through October, from 11am to 4pm; and
anytime by appointment.
1832 John Joseph Henry House Museum
(JJHouse) — Open during special
events and anytime by appointment. Complex includes the Summer Kitchen
and the JJHouse gardens.
Summer Kitchen —
JJHouse outbuilding located next to the estate house museum. Includes
the Summer Kitchen herb garden. Open during special events and for
cooking classes.
Nicholas Hawk Gun Shop (Hawk Shop)
— Open with live demonstrations during special event and anytime
by appointment.
January 9 —
Powder Horn Building Class. Saturdays through Jan. 30, noon to 5pm.
PLRM.
February 13 — Advanced Powder
Horn Seminar (class full). PLRM.
March 6 — Beginning Gunsmithing
Class., Saturdays through May 1, 2pm to 5pm. PLRM.
March 20 — Garden Class:
Seed-starting, 10am-12noon, JJH gardens.
Proceeds of all garden classes benefit the Boulton Historic Site
gardens.
April 17 — Garden Class:
Plant propagation, 10am-12noon, JJH gardens.
April 24 — Spring Buildings
& Grounds Clean-up. 8:30am, meet at the JJHouse.
May — (TBA) Leather-Working
Class: Hunting Bag (pilot class, closed registration), PLRM.
May 1 — MUSEUMS OPEN FOR
THE SEASON. All facilities open, 11am-4pm.
May 15 — Plant Sale. JJHouse
gardens, Proceeds to benefit JJH Gardens.
May 16 — Seasonal Craft
Class: Bow making, 1pm, PLRM. Proceeds of all seasonal craft classes
benefit the 1832 JJHouse Museum.
June 5 — Delaware Foodways
Group meeting, Summer Kitchen (tentative).
June 19 -20 — Rifle Frolic.
Frontier living history encampment, 10am-4pm. Boulton Historic Site.
June 27 — Summer Kitchen
Class. Open Hearth Cooking Basics with Connie Unangst.
July 4-11 — Kutztown Folklife
Festival. Gunsmith booth.
July 11 — Easton Heritage
Day. Easton, PA.
July 23 — Honourable Company
of Horner Annual Gathering, JJH grounds.
July 23-25 — Dixon’s
Gunmakers’ Fair. Kempton, PA.
August 20,21,22 — Jacobsburg
Garden Theatre, JJH grounds.
Septemberr 11— Gunsmith
Apprentice Class Starts
October 17 — Cooking Class
October 30-31 — American
Fur Trade Rendezvous. Frontier living history
encampment, 11am-4pm. Boulton Historic Site
November 11 — Annual Dinner
Meeting.
November 20 — Fall Buildings
& Grounds Clean-up.
November 27 — Seasonal
Craft Class: Wreath making, PLRM.
December 4 — Seasonal Craft
Class: Victorian ornaments, PLRM.
December 11 — Christmas
Open House. JJHouse.
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