McConkey's Market
Soaps, balms, candles, home goods and treats made from plants grown in the park's own kitchen gardens, sold for one Saturday in October. Money goes back into the gardens and their education programs.
More at Washington Crossing Historic Park
Soldier Saturdays: Camp Followers
The women and children who trailed the Revolutionary armies, cooking, mending and nursing. Reenactors work through a normal day in camp. Free, four hours.
Monthly Living History: Soldier Saturdays, Camp Followers
September's living history day looks at the women and children who traveled with the Continental Army. Reenactors in the historic village, four hours, free.
Washington Crossing America 250 Gala
Live music, the Washington Crossing Fife and Drum Corps, period food and a look inside the Durham Boat Barn. Proceeds split between the park's Friends group, Upper Makefield Fire Company and the police association.
Around the same time
The Lifespan of a Fact
A magazine fact checker takes apart a celebrated essay line by line and the author fights back. Act II runs the three hander for five weeks in its small room on Butler Avenue.
Rice's Market (Tuesdays)
Thirty acres of flea market, farm stands and antique dealers going since the 1870s. Gates at 7am and it thins out by midday, so come early and bring cash.
Executive Scramble
Nine simulated holes before work with a rotating cast of local business people. Ninety minutes, no handicap required, and the point is the conversation between shots as much as the golf.
