Colonial Times "Under the Crown "
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Living History Park 299 W. Spring Grove Ave., North Augusta, South Carolina 29841
Our 12th annual event will be April 22-23. Under the Crown and Colonial Trades Fair is a free, educational event focused on Colonial life from 1735 to 1785. It takes place at Living History Park in North Augusta.
Come learn how life and times were in this Colonial era, and watch our Colonial past come to life through demonstrations and living exhibits. Try your hand at Colonial dancing, or see if you are fit to join the militia.
Featured attractions include an apothecary, pottery, weaving and spinning, candle making, churning butter, musket firing demonstrations, gunsmithing, blacksmithing, needlework, woodworking and meat smoking and curing. Be sure to stop by and visit with the Indian traders, the baker, the potter, backwoodsmen and the tavern keeper, and visit Sutlers Row, Village Mercantile Grist Mill and New Windsor Cabinet Shop.
The Apothecary Shop (anyone for leeches?) demonstrations will be at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Special guests will be William Bartram, Ben Franklin, Faire Wynds, Rat Catcher and many more. For more information, visit our website or call (803) 979-9776 for general information. Contact Lynn Thompson at (803) 279-7560 or email Lynn@colonialtimes.us.