FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 17, 2006
Please join FrederickStory as we celebrate and share local history at the following fun and educational upcoming events:
1. FrederickStory Lecture Series: "A Frederick Colonial Gentleman"
C. Burr Artz Public Library Community Room
Saturday April 22, 2006 2:00 pm.
Cost: Free. Adults and history-loving children only. Not suitable for very young children.
FrederickStory member Michael Spencer will describe the everyday life of an 18th Century Frederick Town gentleman, using authentic objects, artifacts and images. Spencer, who also serves on the City of Frederick Preservation Commission, is an avid historian and collector of local culture.
2. Picnic at the 18th Century Market Fair
Fort Frederick, Big Pool, Maryland
Saturday April 29, 2006 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost of Fair: $4.00 per person. $1.00 service charge for each participant in an organized Youth Group. Children in car seats/strollers are free.
Cost of Picnic: None. Provided by FrederickStory. Reservations required.
FrederickStory will be going to the fair and serving a free picnic lunch from noon - 1pm for anyone on our mailing list who wants to join us for lunch and laughter. You will need to pre-register with us, so we know how much food to bring along. (To register, send us an email at frederickstory@yahoo.com or 301-252-5304). We would love to share the fair with you and your families! We went last year and can guarantee that you will find this to be a unique experience for your entire family.
The 18th Century Market Fair is a wonderful 4-day event – and fun for people of all ages. (April 27-30, 9-5 Thurs-Sat and 9-3 on Sunday). Fort Frederick is about 45 minutes (41miles) from Frederick, straight out Route 70 past Hagerstown.
Visitors to Fort Frederick State Park will meet more than 150 talented Century artisans, craftspeople, and sutlers amidst a 1730-1790 encampment.
It is like seeing all the re-enactors in Williamsburg together in one small area. Hundreds of costumed re-enactors from all over the country gather for the weekend to sell reproductions of 18th-century items (including furniture, clothing, guns, powder horns and hunting bags), share colonial history and celebrate their love of America’s rich past. Most of the goods for sale are handmade by the vendors themselves, and many of these individuals will demonstrate their crafts.
Location: Fort Frederick, 11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool, MD in Washington County
Directions: Fort Frederick State Park is located in the Cumberland Valley, 18 miles west of Hagerstown and one mile south of I-70 near Big Pool (Rt. 56, Exit 12).
3. Rose Hill Children’s Museum and Farm Museum Spring Festival
Rose Hill Manor Park 1611 N. Market Street, Frederick, Maryland
Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30, from 12pm – 4pm
Cost: Event itself is free, including tractor pulls and all ground activities.. $1 donation for parked cars. Hay rides and individual craft tickets are less than $1.
Enjoy playing old-fashioned games such as croquet, bowling, and tug-a-war. Hands-on take-home crafts with 18th and 19th century historical roots. A special “Kinder Korner” for very young children. Saturday morning will also feature a tractor pull beginning at 10 am. On Sunday afternoon, children will be able to pedal in their own toy tractor event. Musical entertainment, a variety of animals, hay rides, farming displays, and crafters will round-out the festival.
FrederickStory member Michael Spencer will join the festivities on Sunday with his Traveling Museum of Frederick History, offering visitors an inter-active way to experience the past.
For information, visit the Rose Hill Museum website at www.rosehillmuseum.com or call 301-600-1650.
4. Frederick's Mayfest Celebration
Downtown Frederick
Saturday May 6, 2006 10am-5pm
Cost: Free
FrederickStory’s tables will be located on the first block of North Market Street near the Cultural Arts Center, as part of the City's Mayfest event. From 10am-3pm, "Dr. A," an 18th century physician and dentist, will display and explain the fascinating (and authentic) tools of his trade. Enjoy curious artifacts from the Traveling Museum of Frederick History, as well as colonial children’s games and activities. Copies of The Great Frederick Historic Treasure Hunt will also be available – there many more prize drawings left, so if you haven’t yet taken the treasure hunt, be sure to do so prior to 9/30/06!
5. Frederick Festival at the Arts
Downtown Frederick
June 3-4, 2006 Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
FrederickStory will be promoting local historical sites and museums.
Cost: $7.00 Adult, $5.00 Senior and Student, $10.00 Weekend Pass
The 13th Annual Frederick Festival of the Arts is a juried two-day fine art and fine craft regional festival and multi-disciplined celebration of the arts. Offerings include over 130 professional artists from over 20 states, multi-genre performing artists, children’s crafts and interactive activities, family-stage performances, as well as culinary arts.
FrederickStory – in colonial costume - will be promoting Frederick’s historic sites, museums and activities.
Location: East Street and Carroll Creek Linear Park in Historic Frederick
For more information, contact the Frederick Festival of the Arts main office at: (
301) 600-9632, or log onto
www.frederickarts.org.
6. Frederick’s July 4th Celebration
Baker Park
July 4, 2006, noon until nightfall
7. FrederickStory’s Colonial History Days
1-Week Summer Class
Part of Frederick Community College’s Kids on Campus Summer Program
July 10-14, 2006 1:00pm-4:00pm daily
Step back in time and experience summer fun the way a child of Frederick Town might have in the colonial days. Play 18th century games (both indoors and out), see demonstrations about hunting, clothing and food preparation, make crafts, learn some practical skills (papermaking, book binding, writing), and whip up a few snacks that our colonial ancestors loved to eat.
The Course Leader, Adrien Tudor, is a long-time educator and avid re-enactor (French and Indian War, Revolutionary War and Civil War). Affectionately called “Dr. A” in the local history-loving community, Adrien spends a good part of the year sharing his love of American history with kids of all ages. An energetic FrederickStory Board member, he works at Mount Vernon one month a year as a colonial physician and is an active volunteer at both Rose Hill Manor and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
He will be assisted by other enthusiastic history-loving members of the FrederickStory Committee.
To learn more about
FCC’s Summer 2006 Kids on Campus, call 301-846-2419 or download the detailed program guide at
www.frederick.edu. (The FrederickStory class is at the top of page 8 of the guide.) You can also contact Kids on Campus Director Leslie Ruby directly at
301-624-2820 or
Lruby@frederick.edu.
8. The Great Frederick Historic Treasure Hunt
Through September 30, 2006 - on your own time & at your own pace!
Adults and kids of any age will enjoy exploring downtown Frederick on foot, learning about the city’s history while researching the answers to clues provided on a treasure hunt map. The questions are simple (historic names, dates of buildings, architectural details).
Treasure Hunt maps are available through September 2006 at the Visitor Center (19 East Church Street). The hunt takes approximately 2 hours and can be taken at your own pace, during daylight hours, over the course of several days.
FrederickStory has received wonderfully enthusiastic comments about the treasure hunt from scout troops, senior citizens, school groups, families, tourists and dating couples! It is fun – and educational -- for just about everyone.
(Interestingly, to date, more adults than kids have taken the treasure hunt!)
Monthly prize drawings will continue through the end of September, 2006.
You can read about our many happy treasure hunt winners at
www.frederickstory.com.
Filling our 11 prize baskets with “goodies” is an ongoing task for FrederickStory, and we gladly welcome all contributions of prizes to make our future prizewinners as happy as the previous ones have been.
If you have a
gift, gift certificate or cash to contribute the treasure hunt prize baskets, please contact us at
frederickstory@yahoo.com or by calling
301-252-5304.