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Saturday, July 4
The Village is open today from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Events and times subject to change

Today’s Events
(Events are 20 minutes unless noted)
All Day - Independence Cake for Sale on the Common
All Day - Sign the Giant Declaration of Independence
near the Center Meetinghouse
9:45 Flag Raising with Fife & Drum on the Common
10:00 Drilling and Marching with the Sturbridge Militia
on the Common
10:00 Songs and Stories of Long Ago
in the Parsonage Barn
10:00 to 11:30 Try Your Hand at Fishing
behind New England’s Changing Landscape exhibit
10:00 to 12:20 & 2:00 to 4:50 Ride the Stagecoach ($5 fee, under age 3 free) stops in front of the Bullard Tavern
10:00 to 1:30 Make a Three-Cornered Paper Hat
in the Visitor Center
10:00 to 4:00 Quinebaug River Boat Ride ($5 fee, under age 3 free; 15-minute ride)
at the dock by the Dummerston Bridge
10:30 Welcome to OSV: An Orientation Tour
meets in front of the Center Meetinghouse
10:30 A Tour of the Towne House
11:00 19th-Century Shadow Puppets
in the Parsonage Barn
11:00 Fife & Drum Music by the Center Meetinghouse
11:30 Golden Olden Tales in the Parsonage Barn
12:00 Help the Farmers with Summer Work
at the Freeman Farm
12:00 Welcome to OSV: An Orientation Tour
meets in front of the Center Meetinghouse
12:30 Musket Firing Demonstration
near the Bullard Tavern
1:00 Meet a Schoolkeeper in the District School
1:00 Citizens Procession
assembles in front of the Bullard Tavern
1:30 Reading of the Declaration of Independence
on the Common
1:30 French & English (Tug of War) on the Common
2:00 to 4:50 Ride the Stagecoach ($5 fee, under age 3 free) stops in front of the Bullard Tavern
2:00 Meet 19th-Century Irish Immigrant Mary Culligan
in the Towne House
2:00 Join a 19th-Century Base Ball Game
by the Center Meetinghouse
Sponsored by E. Osterman Gas
2:30 19th-Century Shadow Puppets
in the Parsonage Barn
3:00 A Tour of the Freeman Kitchen Garden
3:00 19th-Century Country Music
in the Parsonage Barn
3:00 Join a Game of Marbles
by the District School
3:00 A Walk in the Woods
meets by the start of the Woodland Walk
3:30 Old Sturbridge Village Dancers Demonstrate 19th-Century Dance by the Center Meetinghouse
4:00 Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
in the Center Meetinghouse
4:15 Toy Fire Balloon Flight near the Tin Shop
4:30 Fife & Drum Demonstration on the Common
4:45 Flag Lowering with Fife & Drum on the Common
Daily Events are Subject to Change.
Outdoor Activities are Weather Permitting.
Demonstrations
10:00, 2:30, 4:00 Sawmill
10:00, 2:00 Broom Making near the Crafts Center
11:00, 3:00 Gristmill
11:30 1:00, 3:30 Carding Mill
See ongoing demonstrations until 5pm in the Small House, Tin Shop, Blacksmith Shop, Freeman Farmhouse, and Pottery. Also, see A Shoemaker at Work (9:30am-noon), A Cooper at Work (9:30-11:30am; 12:30-5pm), and A Printer at Work (1-4pm).

Hands-On Crafts Center
Instruction by Village craftspeople; make an item to take home. Today’s offerings include:
10:00 to 12:00 Make a Clay Pot ($10)
10:00 to 4:30 Make a Tin Candleholder ($5)
10:30 to 11:30 Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
2:30 to 4:30 Dip a Pair of Candles ($5)
Some age and safety restrictions apply. Cash payment is accepted on site; credit cards also accepted.
In the Visitor Center
Icons of New England
Kidstory – Playing with History
Taking Root: The Growing Business of Gardening in Pots in the 1800s
The J. Cheney Wells Clock Gallery
NEW! Farm, Families and Change: New England Farming and Rural Life
Farming Life in New England - in the Fenno Barn
Tools of Agricultural Change - in the Fitch Barn
A Revolution in Farming - in the Towne Barn
New England’s Changing Landscape (see map) Where does our food come from? Why does the New England landscape look the way it does? Discover OSV’s newest visitor experience.
NEW! Too Good to Be Rags: Mended and Re-Used Textiles
See items from the Village’s collections that tell stories through evidence of darning, patching, or mending. Now open in the Firearms & Textiles building.
NEW! Crafting a Living
Stop in to the Freeman Barn and learn about how some Native American families supported themselves. The Bixby Family Exhibit
How do we know what we know about the changing life of the Bixby Family in 1838? Find out in this exploratory exhibit for all ages across from the Blacksmith Shop.
The Tavern and the Stagecoach
Head to the Bullard Tavern to catch a ride on the reproduction stagecoach and get a feel for what travel was really like in the 1830s ($5 per person, under 3 may ride free on adult lap). Step inside and learn about the role of taverns in the community. In the Firearms & Textiles building, see On the Road, an exhibit about early New England stagecoaching.
The Fenno Textile Exhibit
Learn about the home production of textiles in early New England and find out what the changes in factory production meant to fashions at home and in everyday dress. Try your hand at carding wool, weaving a pattern, and piecing a quilt block with colorful tiles.
Dining & Shopping
9:30 to 5:00 Village Café-in the Oliver Wight Tavern
9:30 to 5:00 Grant Store & Bake Shop
10:00 to 5:30 Museum Gift Shop & Book Store
11:00 to 2:00 Bullard Tavern Cafeteria
11:30 to 2:30 Oliver Wight Tavern
12:00 to 4:30 Little Cakes – weather permitting
4:30 to 7:30 Oliver Wight Tavern – buffet supper
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EXHIBIT: Taking Root: The Growing Business of Gardening in Pots in the 1800s

March 3, 2007 - August 23, 2009

Open during museum hours, included with admission

Now on display in the Visitor Center at OSV's entrance, this exhibit invites exploration of the art and business of gardening in flowerpots in 19th-century New England.  (More Information)

The Stagecoach is Here!

April 4, 2009 - November 29, 2009

$5 per person, in addition to Village admission

Catch a ride on OSV's stagecoach starting Saturday, April 4, and continuing on weekends this month. Get a feel for early New England travel aboard the reproduction Concord coach, then stop into the Bullard Tavern to learn about the ins and outs of getting from here to there in early New England.  (More Information)

Sunday Brunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern

May 17, 2009 - March 28, 2010

10:00 AM-2:00 PM

$18.95 per person, $16.95 for seniors (age 65 & up), No charge for children 10 & under

Enjoy Sunday brunch in the Oliver Wight Tavern at OSV's main entrance.  (More Information) Reservations are recommended.

An 1830s Independence Day Celebration

July 4, 2009

This Fourth of July, step back to a time when America was new, and veterans of the fight for freedom still lived. Cap off a 19th-century celebration of the holiday with a breathtaking 21st-century display of fireworks at dusk (separate admission).  (More Information)