Heritage Festival – Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center

Join us Saturday, October 21 for a day to celebrate the history and heritage of Brethren and Mennonites in the Shenandoah Valley! This special open house event on our campus will run from 9 am to 2 pm, and will include:

• Horse-drawn wagon rides
• A singing school reenactment and hymn singing
• Heritage skill demonstrations:
• Old-fashioned sorghum molasses making
  • Corn meal grinding
  • Cider press
  • Log Cutting
  • Blacksmithing
  • Spinning and knitting
  • Basket weaving
• Fun, hands-on children’s activities:
  • Old-fashioned toys
  • Carpentry with hand tools
  • Tin punch
  • Butter churning
  • Laundry scrubbing in the wash house
• Civil War storytelling
• A petting zoo
• Interpretive guides in our historic buildings

These activities will take place throughout the day from 9 am to 2 pm, so come when it suits and stay as long as you like! Food will be available for purchase (homemade soups and pies), as well as complimentary kettle-cooked popcorn.

Admission is $10 per adult, $5 per student, and children 5 and under are free. All proceeds will support the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center.