Monthly Living History: Farmstead Fridays, Preparing for Winter
Wheat threshing, pumpkin harvesting and putting food and medicine up for the cold months, done the 1776 way at the Thompson-Neely Farmstead. Free, four hours, and mostly outdoors.
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
Halloween House Decorating Contest
Registered houses go on a borough tour map and neighbors vote by email or phone through Halloween. Free, drive it yourself, and cash prizes go to the top three. Register your own house by October 17.
Crawl O'Clock
An hour of open-ended play for babies and toddlers on the move: pop-up tunnel, soft climbing blocks, sensory tiles, shakers and scarves. Come for the whole hour or five minutes.
Music and Movement
Songs, instruments and moving around for small children, Monday mornings in the large meeting room. The branch is closed for the holiday on October 12, so that one week skips.
