"PRESIDENTS, PATRIOTS, AND PASTIMES"
Fun Family Programs to Celebrate Presidents Day
School Vacation Week
February 21, 22, 23, 24, 2012
Tuesday through Friday
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
National Park Service Visitor Center
1250 Hancock Street, Quincy, Massachusetts
Free and open to the public.
Validated parking in the garage at 1250 Hancock Street.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012
WRITE WITH A QUILL PEN
"Make your mark" on parchment paper with a goose feather quill and powdered ink.
STITCH A CROSS-STITCH SAMPLER
Learn your "A-B-Cs" and "make your mark" with needle and hoop on fabric squares.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2012
SIT FOR A SILHOUETTE
"Show your face" and capture your likeness.
CUT & ASSEMBLE A "PAPER PATRIOT"
"Cut a figure" and piece together a "paper patriot."
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012
ROLL A BEESWAX CANDLE
Step back in time to roll a beeswax candle with Abigail Adams, the "Patriot on the Homefront."
JOIN THE PATRIOT MILITIA
The brave leader of the local militia will recruit and train a company of local heroes (kids and families) and will engage the Redcoats who are sure to show up for the festivities.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
TRY ON 18TH CENTURY CLOTHING
Learn about colonial clothes and "strike a pose." John and Abigail Adams describe and demonstrate the proper 18th century attire.
