HistoryFest

Date/Time
Date(s) - September 24, 2017
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location
Updike Farmstead
354 Quaker Road
Princeton

Announcing a new HSP signature event: HistoryFest!
This year, we will be celebrating Americana with a variety of performances and activities for all ages. Admission to Updike Farmstead is free!

Activities include:

1:15-3:45: Musician Matt Dodd’s “Songs & Stories of the Red, White, and Blue.”

2:30-4:30: Historic Stony Brook walking tour ($5; space is limited.) 
To purchase advance tickets, visit https://princetonhistory.org/events/stony-brook

2:00 and 3:00: American folk tales with storytellers MaryAnn Paterniti and Maria LoBiondo

3:30: Wiebke Martens and Jennifer Jang discuss their new book, Discovering Princeton. 
Copies of the book will be available for $25 (cash or check only).

Ongoing: Open Archives
In honor of the centennial of World War I, get up close and personal with original WWI artifacts and documents from HSP’s collection. 

Ongoing: Science of History
Learn how historians use tree ring analysis to determine the age of buildings (dendrochronology) in the historic Updike Barn, then date and decorate your own tree segment.