Thanksgiving Weekend

Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 9:30am to Sunday, December 1, 2013 - 4:00pm

Join us in our historic village and experience the traditions of an early 19th-century New England Thanksgiving.

Visit village households to smell the aroma of Thanksgiving feasts in preparation, from the iconic turkey roasting before the fire to a myriad of pies warming on the hearth.

Discover Native American foodways and their own unique Thanksgiving connections. Visit with the Indian Doctress as she shares Native traditions of giving thanks.

For the true 19th-century Thanksgiving experience join the minister in the Meetinghouse and listen as he explains the real meaning of Thanksgiving.

Cheer on farmers as they compete in a shooting match before they return home for their Thanksgiving meal.

Reservations for Thankgiving Dinner and Thanksgiving Buffet at OSV are currently being accepted.

Other Thanksgiving Weekend Activities

Friday Nov. 29

19th-century Shooting Match

Marvel at the marksmanship of local villagers as they compete for bragging rights and other traditional prizes during this unique 19th-century Thanksgiving social event. The shooters will use traditional smoothbore flintlock guns. There will be a gun available from time to time for young shooters to examine - without powder, of course.

History of Thanksgiving
Day After Thanksgiving Buffet at the Oliver Wight Tavern

Saturday, Nov. 30

A re-created early New England Wedding

Thanksgiving was a time of celebration and family reunions. With everyone gathered together it also became a favorite time to celebrate a wedding. Visitors will get a chance to talk with the couple in the morning during their prenuptual preparations. In the afternoon, hear readings from the diaries and letters that document their star-crossed courtsthip and then watch the couple exchange vows.