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Spring
at New Boston May 3
and 4 opens at 11am
Held at the George Rogers Clark Heritage
Association's Gathering House
in George Rogers Clark Park. Admission is free and there will be speakers and demonstrations on period art, gardening, animals, bee keeping, a history walk, cannon firing,
plant sale, and much more. For more information call 882-9216 or click
here.
Indian
Creek Regulators TBA
Visit this 1800's
style Cowboy Camp. See how it was in the old Wild West. No
admission charge. Meet at the parking lot below the dam.
Old
Fashioned 4th July 4 from 2
PM till 4 PM
Presented by the
Friends of the Clark County Park District. Come join the fun and games like
three-legged races, wheelbarrow races, tug of war, egg toss, and
watermelon seed spitting contest. Bring your picnic lunch and a
laugh or two. We will provide the watermelon and parking for free.
Grandparents/Grandkids
Fishing Day TBA
Bait as well as fishing gear will be provided if necessary for this free event. No fishing licenses are required at Hosterman Lake.
Living
History August
9 10:00am to 4:00pm
The First Mad River Light Artillery will sponsor a living history day at
George Rogers Clark Park on August 9 from 10
am until 4 pm. The event will commemorate the 228 anniversary of the Revolutionary War Battle of Peckuwe. A brief ceremony will be held at noon and there will be battlefield tours, cannon and musket firings and militia drills throughout the day. The event is free to the public.
Fair
at New Boston Labor
Day Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) August 30 & 31 10am - 6pm
Presented by the George Rogers Clark
Heritage Association (GRCHA). The park is closed for the
event. Join the 1000 costumed participants as they help visitors
learn about life in the years between 1790 and 1810. Admission
for adults $8, children (6 to 12) $3, and children under 6 are free.
Parking is free just outside the park. Friday is Education Day at the Fair for local 4th Graders.
The Hertzler
house will be open each afternoon with guided tours. A fee of $3
is charged for the tour of this historic home. For additional Fair information click
here.
POW
WOW TBA
Conducted
by the Ohio Native Ancestral Association, this will be an inter-tribal
gathering of Native Americans. Activities will include tribal dancing,
singing, native foods, and vendors. The event will be conducted
from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
on Sunday. The "Grand Entry" will be performed each day at 1:00 p.m.
Admission is $3, $2 for Seniors 62 and over and Free for
children under age 12.
Fall
at New Boston TBA
Presented by the George Rogers
Clark Heritage Association. Fall preparations for the coming winter
that include dyeing, open hearth cooking, candle making and corn grinding will be demonstrated by costumed participants. Trade blankets will offer a variety of goods, and a traveling bottle merchant will set up his store in a tent. Colonial dancing will be a featured activity, if weather permits. Visitors will be invited to join in.
First Mad River Light Artillery will be firing its full sized Revolutionary War cannon at the Fall at New Boston Living History Encampment at
George Rogers Clark Park. The colorful Revolutionary War era militia camp will be set up around the log stockade. Come visit the camp to get a close up look at the cannon and displays. Witness militia drills, and see how a militia camp operated. At 1:00
pm on Saturday local historian Bill Smith will give a walking tour of the Revolutionary War battlefield. George Rogers Clark Park is the site of the Battle of Peckuwe, largest Revolutionary War Battle fought west of the Alleghenies. It was also the site of two Shawnee villages, and one of the possible birthplaces of Tecumseh. Simon Kenton and other frontiersmen once walked these grounds.
Admission is free. For more information and detailed directions call 882-9216 or email
info@grcha.org.
