Fort Hunter Day
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Sunday, September 18, 2022
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Fort Hunter Park
5300 N. Front Street | Harrisburg, PA 17110
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Welcome fall with a festival celebrating the old-time ways of life. Join us for the 65th annual Fort Hunter Day!
Visitors will find arts and crafts, children's games and activities, historic demonstrations and exhibits, entertainment, a bake sale, festival food, and more!
Gain knowledge about native foods - pawpaws, persimmons, hickory and shagbark hickory nuts, and sassafras.
Vintage vehicle enthusiasts will love the antique cars and tractors that will be on view. Learn about the history of vintage gas stations in central Pennsylvania with a visual display and book signing of "Got Gas?" Go inside the Centennial Barn to see the Fort Hunter antique carriage collection not normally on public view.
Get a peek inside historic Heckton Church and enjoy entertainment throughout the day.
Throughout the day enjoy musical entertainment on the Corncrib Stage in partnership with the
Susquehanna Folk Music Society.
ENTERTAINMENT
Corn Crib Stage
MaryAnn Guerrisi – violin | Saint Thomas Dulcimers | Jim Thorn - guitar Walking Tours
11:00 a.m. - Pre-colonial Era Along the Susquehanna
1:00 p.m. - McAllister Cemetery
2:00 p.m. -Fall Fruiting Trees and Shrubs Hay rides Children’s Games and Play Area Strolling Bagpipe – David Weis Archaeology Excavation Interpretation Pretzel Purveyors Book Signing and Talk – Joyce L. Keiffer
Book Signing & Vintage Gas Station Photo Exhibit - Jimmy Rosen Craft Demonstrations
native foods demonstration | broom making | apple butter making |
spinning | quilting, candle making, | woodworking | beekeeping
open-hearth cooking | hair jewelry | chair caning
African-American Quilters Gathering of Harrisburg Children’s Crafts
Visitors will find arts and crafts, children's games and activities, historic demonstrations and exhibits, entertainment, a bake sale, festival food, and more!
Gain knowledge about native foods - pawpaws, persimmons, hickory and shagbark hickory nuts, and sassafras.
Vintage vehicle enthusiasts will love the antique cars and tractors that will be on view. Learn about the history of vintage gas stations in central Pennsylvania with a visual display and book signing of "Got Gas?" Go inside the Centennial Barn to see the Fort Hunter antique carriage collection not normally on public view.
Get a peek inside historic Heckton Church and enjoy entertainment throughout the day.
Throughout the day enjoy musical entertainment on the Corncrib Stage in partnership with the
Susquehanna Folk Music Society.
ENTERTAINMENT
Corn Crib Stage
10:00 – 12:00 pm
Susquehanna Folk Music Jam
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Zach King
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Fire in the Glen
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Seldom Say No
3:30 pm
Dauphin County Commissioners Presentation
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Seldom Say No
Highlights
Arts and Crafts Show Nutmeg the Dairy Cow and Goat Milking Antique Tractors, Vintage Cars, Antique Fire Engine Children’s Hands-on Activities Heckton Church ConcertsMaryAnn Guerrisi – violin | Saint Thomas Dulcimers | Jim Thorn - guitar Walking Tours
11:00 a.m. - Pre-colonial Era Along the Susquehanna
1:00 p.m. - McAllister Cemetery
2:00 p.m. -Fall Fruiting Trees and Shrubs Hay rides Children’s Games and Play Area Strolling Bagpipe – David Weis Archaeology Excavation Interpretation Pretzel Purveyors Book Signing and Talk – Joyce L. Keiffer
Book Signing & Vintage Gas Station Photo Exhibit - Jimmy Rosen Craft Demonstrations
native foods demonstration | broom making | apple butter making |
spinning | quilting, candle making, | woodworking | beekeeping
open-hearth cooking | hair jewelry | chair caning
Mansion Tours – $3.00 Gilded Age Exhibit
Quilt ExhibitAfrican-American Quilters Gathering of Harrisburg Children’s Crafts
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