Old Sturbridge Village Set for Patriots’ Day Celebration

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Old Sturbridge Village will celebrate the Patriots' day with ringing bells, stirring drumbeats, shrilling fife and cannon fire on Monday, April 18. Visitors will participate in programs and activities throughout the day that mark the beginning of the American Revolution at the battle of Lexington and Concord.

The Village is open on Patriots' Day, Monday, April 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The main event of the Patriots' Day celebration will be the re-create of the alarm that was sounded throughout Massachussetts when the British marched from Boston to Lexington and Concord.

Men, including the Sturbridge Company of Minutemen, will come from shops, houses and farms at the call of the Center Meetinghouse bell. The citizen-soldiers will gather at the common to hear the news "We are marching to fight the 'regulars'!" and the march off.

Dressed up historians will invite young visitors to become minutemen, and minutewomen, wielding replica muskets and swords, to learn how to drill and march, with flags flying. In the blacksmith shop, guests will see how musket balls were cast from lead.

Family Farm Fest

The 2nd annual Family Farm Fest will also continue on Patriots' Day and guests will enjoy seeing new lambs born this spring, in addition to bigs, cows, oxen, and chickens. Households will prepare for spring with craftspeople carry on important work and trades.

Old Sturbridge Village

Old Sturbridge Village, first opened to the public in 1946, is one of the country's oldest and largest living history museums, celebrating life in early New England from 1790-1840.