~ ADAMS COUNTY HERITAGE DAYS ~
We will be celebrating Heritage Days at the John T. Wilson Homestead
Friday & Saturday Sept. 25-26, 2015.
Adams County Heritage Days 2015 Program
Period dress welcome!
Friday, September 25
Parking for Friday $5 per car, free with Hog Roast Ticket
9 AM to 12 PM Adams County School Children Program – not open to public
9 AM to 11 AM Setup: vending, displays, demonstrations
1 PM Activities begin – Welcome to Heritage Days
Vendors, displays and demonstrations in place and operating
Demonstrations – continuing thru the afternoon
Food items for sale
Featuring Grassy Run Re–enactors
Tours of the Wilson Homes and Grounds 2 to 3 PM.
5:00 PM Hog Roast Dinner tickets are $10 adults and $5 child
5:00 to 6:30 PM Music and Fire Pit – Bring your own lawn chairs
String music by local musicians: Jerry Naylor, Dale Grooms, and group
Music by Chris Davis
7:00 PM Special Musical Presentation: Bev Carroll
Saturday, September 26
Parking for Saturday $5 per car
10 AM Activities begin – Welcome to Heritage Days
Old time food and hog roast items for sale thru out day
Muzzle Loader firing contest registration and discussion of rules at 10 AM
(period dress-type attire required to participate)
2 Competition Divisions: smooth bore and rifle
Tours of Wilson Homes and Grounds: 10 to 11:30 AM and 1 to 4 PM
Pioneer Activities and Demonstrations during the day:
Featuring Gassy Run Re-enactor activities
Book author presentation
Candle making
Period vendors
Old time musicians
Quilting and weaving demonstration by Scrappy Quilters
Civil War Medicine and Surgery – Al Lewis
Native American re-enactor and archery demonstration
Native American artifact display
Historical tractor and equipment display
History Presentations (barn presentation area):
11:00 AM: Amy Queen – John T. Wilson
11:30 AM: Nancy Atkinson – Patsy McIntyre and the Underground Railroad
12:00 Musket shooting contest winners and awards
12:30 PM: Paula Wright, author – discussing the book, “Gist’s Promised Land”
1:00 PM: Nina Couser – Ellen Couser, housekeeper for John T. Wilson
1:30 PM: Bill Stephenson – History of Tranquility and Scott Township
5 PM activities end
Exhibitors and vendors:
Friends of Serpent Mound
Book author
Blacksmith handmade item sales
Hog roast items for sale
Native American artifacts
Cocoa Rose Adams County Keepsake Sales
Antique jars
Jelly and Jams
Leather/ furs
Jewelry
Knives
Wooden toys
Ohio Gourd Society
Rocks
Drums
Quilts
Maple syrup
Honey
Note: Tractor wagon shuttle available to/from parking to displays
PDF to print 2015HeritagedaysProgram
Photo by Tom Cross.
The John T. Wilson Homestead is proud to host the Adams County Heritage Days. Going on its seventh year, the Adams County Heritage Days keeps getting bigger and better. Re-en-actors from though out the tri-state area will be set up camp with tents, wood cook fires and straw beds to participate in life on the frontier. Will also be various vendors and period arts and crafts on display. This is one event that you do not want to miss.
PAST EVENTS HELD AT THE HOMESTEAD… CIVIL WAR DAYS Imagine being transported to the Civil War era – it is not that far-fetched. When you arrive at the Adams County Civil War Days, you will leave your modern day car behind to board horse drawn wagons that will take you to a Civil War encampment. The boom of cannons, sharp military drills, and the sights and sounds of the 1860s will greet you as you arrive in camp.
The John T. Wilson Homestead is proud to host the Adams County Civil War Days. It is only fitting that this event be held at the Wilson home. John T. Wilson recruited, funded, and formed up Company E of the 70th Volunteer Ohio Infantry at this very location.
Going on its fifth year, the Adams County Civil War Days keeps getting bigger and better. Re-enactors from though out the tri-state area will be set up camp with tents, wood cook fires and straw beds to participate in drills, marching, weapons handling, and other realistic Civil War activities. There will also be various vendors and period arts and crafts on display. This is one event that you do not want to miss.
