Colonist for a Day | July 18th

Find out if your family can survive colonial life at “Colonist for a Day.”   This FREE event will be held July 18th from 10 am – 2 pm at Colonial Complex (Gates House, Plough Tavern, Bobb Log House & Colonial Court House), 157 W Market St, York, PA.

Hands-on experiences/activities and demonstrations include:

• cooking over a fire
• 18th century home remedies
• carpentry
• colonial gardening and farming
• French and Indian War Re-enactors

Take the “Monocacy Trail Challenge,” a real life “board game” inspired by the Oregon Trail. Become a family who actually traveled from Lancaster to York, choose a trade, buy supplies, “ferry” across the Susquehanna, and settle in Yorktown.

Sponsored by the York County Heritage Trust.