TODAY AT OSV
Throughout the Day:  Stroll Through the Campsites &
          View Various Crafts and Domestic Activities
Throughout the Day:  Visit the Continental Line
          Hospital (behind the Bixby House)
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 Inspection of the British Troops
        (on the Common)
9:30 Inspection of the American Troops
        (in the fields by the Blacksmith Shop)
10:00-2:00 Make a Tri-Cornered Hat
        (in the Visitor Center Concourse)
10:00-4:00 Quinebaug River Boat Ride
            ($3 fee, 3 & under free, 15 minute ride)
            (at the dock by the Dummerston Bridge)
10:00-11:30  Try Your Hand at Fishing
          (meets near the Changing Landscape Exhibit)
10:00  Broom Making Demonstration
           (outside the Craft Center)
10:00  Tour of the Children’s Garden
          (at the Fitch House)
10:00 Mrs. Peabody’s Levee: A Sneak Peek at 18^th
          Century Foundations Presented by the Ladies
          of Refined Taste (in the Towne House Garden)
10:00 Learn an 18^th Century Social Dance with
          Mistress Stewart (in front of the Bullard Tavern)
10:00 Cannon Demonstration by United Train of
         Artillery (by the Cooper Shop)
10:00  Sawmill Demonstration
10:30 Pay Call for the American Troops
         (in the fields by the Blacksmith Shop)
10:30  Small Pox Inoculations of the American Troops
         (in the fields by the Blacksmith Shop)
10:30 Fife and Drum Music by the British
          Fife and Drums (in front of Bullard Tavern)
11:00 Street Skirmish between Continentals and
          Redcoats (by the Schoolhouse)
11:00 Tour of the British Camp with Major Moss
         (meets by the Friends Meetinghouse)
11:00 Help the Ladies of the 2^nd Mass Regiment
          do the Laundry (in the fields by the Bixby House)
11:00  Reconnoiter with a Ranger from Peters’ Corps
          (meets outside the Center Meetinghouse)
11:00  Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
11:00  Gristmill Demonstration
11:00  Towne House Tour
11:30  Carding Mill Demonstration
11:30  Military Fashion Timeline: Presented by the  
           members of the 10^th Mass Light Infantry
          (in the Center Meetinghouse)
12:00 Fife and Drum Music of the Colonial Army
          with Major Phenix (by the District School)
12:00 Tour of the American Camp (in the Bixby Fields)
12:00  Help the Farmers With Seasonal Work
           (at the Freeman Farm)
12:30  19^th Century School Lesson
           (in the District School)
12:30 Cannon Demonstration by the Royal Irish
          Artillery (by the Cooper Shop)
12:30 Children’s Musket Drill with Col Bailey’s 2^nd
          Mass Regiment  (in the fields by the Bixby House)
1:00-4:30 A Printer at Work (in the Printing Office)
1:00 Runaway Runway: A Look at the Clothes of the
        Lesser Sort Through 18^th Century  
        Advertisements Presented by Ladies of Refined
        Taste (in the Center Meetinghouse)
1:00 Tour of the British Camp with Major Moss
        (meet by the Friends Meetinghouse)
1:00   Meet the Calf (at the Freeman Barn)
1:00   Carding Mill Demonstration
1:30   Water Power Tour
          (meets at the Carding Mill)
1:30 British Parade through the Town
        (starts in front of the Center Meetinghouse)
2:00 Patriots Face Off Against the Redcoats
        (in the Freeman Farm Fields)
2:00-5:00  A Shoemaker at Work
            (in the Shoe Shop)
2:00  A Culinary Tour of the Parsonage Garden
2:00  Sawmill Demonstration
2:30  Tour of the Children’s Garden
         (at the Fitch House)
3:00 2^nd Mass Regimental Surgeon Dr. Hart Attends to
        Men after the Battle (behind the Bixby House)
       *This particular time subject to change depending on
        the length of Battle
3:00  Gristmill Demonstration
3:30  Milking Demonstration
         (at the Freeman Barn)
3:30 Children’s Musket Drill with Col Bailey’s 2^nd
        Mass Regiment (in the fields by the Bixby House)
3:30 Cannon Demonstration by Crane’s Battery
        (by the Cooper Shop)
4:00 Fife and Drum Music of the Colonial Army
        with Major Phenix (by the District School)
4:00  Sawmill Demonstration
*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 Clay Pot ($10)
10:30-11:30-- Forge an Iron Hook ($10)
10:00-4:30– Make a Musket Cartridge ($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.

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.
10:00-2:00  Brunch at the Oliver Wight Tavern
Tavern lunch available with table service
11:00-2:00  Bullard Tavern Cafeteria
           (on the Ground Floor) 
12:00-4:00  Little Cakes Ice Cream Stand
           (weather permitting)
10:00-5:30  Museum Gift Shop & Book Store
We stay open a bit later than the rest of the village to give you the opportunity to find that ultimate souvenir. Please come see what we have to offer!