TODAY AT OSV
Throughout the Day: Sign the Giant Declaration
of Independence (near the Center
Meetinghouse)
9:30-12:00 A Printer at Work
(in the Printing Office)
9:30-1:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
9:30-3:30 Cast Your Vote for the “Member Quilt
Challenge” (in the Visitor Center Gallary)
9:45 Flag Raising with Fife & Drum
(on the Common)
10:00-11:30 Try Your Hand at Fishing
(meets near the Changing Landscape Exhibit)
10:00-11:50 Ride the Stagecoach
($3 fee, 3 & under free)
(stops in front of the Bullard Tavern)
10:00-1:00 Horse-Drawn Ride around the
Countryside (Picks up in front of the Asa
Knight Store & the Blacksmith Shop)
10:00-3:00 Make a Three-Cornered Paper Hat
(in the Visitor Center)
10:00-4:00 Quinebaug River Boat Ride
($3 fee, 3 & under free, 15 minute ride)
(at the dock by the Dummerston Bridge)
10:00 Drilling and Marching with the Sturbridge
Militia (on the Common)
10:00 Children’s Garden Talk (at the Fitch House)
10:00 Sawmill Demonstration
10:00 Broom Making Demonstration
(outside the Craft Center)
10:30 Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
10:30 Fife & Drum Music (on the Common)
11:00-3:00 Independence Day Cake for Sale
(on the Common)
11:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00 Gristmill Demonstration
11:00 Meet 19th-Century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Towne House)
11:30 Tour the Carding Mill
11:30 19th-Century Country Music
(in the Parsonage Barn)
12:00 Help the Farmers With Seasonal Work
(at the Freeman Farm)
12:00 Learn a Dance with the Old Sturbridge
Village Dancers (by the Center Meetinghouse)
12:30 19th-Century School Lesson
(in the District School)
1:00-4:30 A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00 A Guided Walk around the Center Village
(meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
1:00 Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
1:00 Tour the Carding Mill
1:00 Schoolyard Games
(meet by the District School)
1:00 Citizens Procession
(assembles outside the Bullard Tavern)
1:30 United States Naturalization Ceremony with
a Reading of the Declaration of
Independence Welcoming New American
Citizens (on the Common)
1:30 Water Power Tour
(meets at the Carding Mill)
1:30 French & English (Tug o’ War)
(on the common)
1:30-4:50 Ride the Stagecoach
($3 fee, 3 & under free)
(stops in front of the Bullard Tavern)
2:00-5:00 A Shoemaker at Work
(in the Shoe Shop)
2:00 Tour of the Bixby Garden
2:00 Sawmill Demonstration
2:00 19th-Century Country Music
(in the Parsonage Barn)
2:00 19th-Century Baseball
(meets by the Center Meetinghouse)
2:30-4:50 Horse-Drawn Ride around the
Countryside (Picks up in front of the Asa
Knight Store & the Blacksmith Shop)
2:30 Tour of the Children’s Garden
(at the Fitch House)
2:30 19th-Century Shadow Puppets
(in the Parsonage Barn)
3:00 Meet 19th-Century Irish Immigrant Mary
Culligan (in the Towne House)
3:00 Gristmill Demonstration
3:00 Hoop Races (meet by the Graveyard)
3:30 Tour the Carding Mill
3:30 Learn a Dance with the Old Sturbridge
Village Dancers (by the Center Meetinghouse)
4:00 Music on the Antique Pipe Organ
(in the Center Meetinghouse)
4:00 Sawmill Demonstration
4:15 Toy Fire Balloon Flight
(on the common)
4:30 Fife & Drum Music (on the Common)
4:30 Winner Announcement for “Member Quilt
Challenge” (in the Visitor Center Gallery)
4:45 Lowering the Flag with Fife & Drum
(on the Common)
* Daily Events are Subject to Change
HANDS ON CRAFTS CENTER
Instruction by Village craftspeople; make an item to take home. Today’s offerings include:
10:00-12:00– Make a Theorem Painting ($5)
10:30-11:30-- Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Make a Tin Ornament ($5)
2:00-4:00- Make Your Own Broom ($15)
Some restrictions on age, safety, and number of participants may apply. Cash and credit cards are accepted. Daily events are subject to change.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW
River Walk is open (entrance near the Sawmill)
Woodland Walk is open
(entrance near the Graveyard)
Pasture Walk is open
(entrance behind the Freeman Farm)
DINING & SHOPPING
9:30-5:00 Grant Store & Bake Shop
(on the Common) Famous for our chocolate chip cookies, beverages & village made crafts.
9:30-5:30 Village Café (in the Oliver Wight Tavern)
Serves New England Coffee and hot beverages, cold beverages, baked goods, soups and "grab & go" sandwiches and salads.
11:00-2:00 Bullard Tavern
(on the Ground Floor) We have a wide array of lunch options available.
11:30-2:30 Lunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern
Tavern lunch available with table service
12:00-4:00 Little Cakes Ice Cream Stand
10:00-5:30 Museum Gift Shop & Book Store
