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Festival Activities

Rain or Shine, all these historic sites will be open

 

 

10AM – 5Pm Map & Print Show Cliveden’s Carriage House

• The exhibition will feature items related to the Revolutionary War and historic Philadelphia from The Philadelphia Print Shop.

10:30am – 4PM Tours of Germantown White House (Deshler-Morris)

• ‘General Howe’ will be on hand to talk with visitors from 10:30 – 2:30

11 – 11:45AM Give and Take Jugglers at Upsala

• The well known Germantown-based juggling troupe bring their tricks and acrobatics to the Festival. Great family entertainment!

11AM – 3PM Childrens games & hands-on activities at Upsala

• Historic Germantown member sites will present children’s games and activities, including ink making, quill pen writing, pumpkin painting, and more.

12 – 1PM & 3 – 4PM Battle Reenactments at Cliveden

• Reenactments of the October 4, 1777 Battle of Germantown. 
• Try an 18th century shopping experience in the sutler’s grove at Cliveden, featuring books, ‘simples’ and military equipment.
• Food vendors, and maps for guided walking tours of Germantown available at Upsala  - directly across the street
• Meet Ned Hector, African American teamster who participated in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, on the Upsala grounds.  Ongoing

1 – 1:45PM Tucker's Tales Puppet Theater

• AT UPSALA:  Performance by Tucker’s Tales Puppet Theater –  For more than a thousand years, the tale of the famous battle between St. George and the fearsome dragon has captured our imaginations. Based on early mummers' plays, Tucker's Tales Puppet Theatre's version portrays the battle between darkness and light with much merriment, frivolity and mirth. Join the fun with St. George and his foe dispatch the old for the new, and rise again to begin anew.             30 minutes

1 – 4PM Quaker family's response to the Battle – tours of Wyck

• Wyck – For a quiet pause as the cannon smoke settles, bring a picnic lunch to the gardens and grounds of Wyck, and learn about a Quaker family’s response to the Battle waged up the Avenue.  House open for tours. 

 

2 – 2:30PM Graveside ceremony

• At the Upper Burying Ground and Concord School there will be a wreath laying ceremony, led by the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment honor guard, to honor the fallen. Also the Concord School bell will be rung

4;30 – 7:30PM Oktoberfest at Grumblethorpe

• End your festival day at Grumblethorpe, a 1744 colonial German country seat, for a traditional Oktoberfest. Music, German food, beer, house tours, cider-pressing and more. 5267 Germantown Avenue.

 

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