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30th Annual Rock Hall Country Fair 2015 Fall Festival Long Island New York |
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at Rock Hall Museum in Lawrence, Nassau County, Long Island, New York |
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October 24, 2015 - October 25, 2015 |
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11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
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Rock Hall Museum |
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199 Broadway |
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Lawrence, NY 11559 |
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Description: |
30th Annual Rock Hall Country Fair 2015 Fall Festival at Rock Hall Museum in Lawrence, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
Rock Hall brings history to you. Enjoy an old fashioned Country Fair at historic Rock Hall Museum, located at 199 Broadway in Lawrence, NY. Wear your cowboy boots for country music and line dancing. Colonial historians and demonstrations will depict historic trades including wampum making, basket weaving, blacksmithing, broom making, carpentry/whitecoopering and tinsmithing. The Country Fair features performers, a harvest market, colonial historians, scarecrow making, pumpkin patch, museum tours, food court, craft vendors, pony rides, animal farm, antique cars and a craft area for children. Country music, line dancing, black-smithing, basket weaving, colonial historians, a harvest market, scarecrow making, pumpkin patch, arts and crafts, animal farm, antique cars. A weekend celebration of Hempstead Town's glorious history. All proceeds from the Country Fairwill benefit the Friends of Rock Hall. Free admission and free parking.
Rock Hall Museum
Enrolled on the National Register of Historic Places
One of the finest pre- Revolutionary War homes on Long Island, Rock Hall was built in 1767 for Josiah Martin, a wealthy West Indian plantation owner. The Georgian- style home belonged to two of the area's most famous families, the Martins and Hewletts. In 1948, the Hewlett family deeded Rock Hall to the Town of Hempstead. After an extensive restoration, it opened as a museum in 1953 and is owned and operated by the Town of Hempstead.
The museum offers a guided tour, programs of historic interest, special lectures and an educational program for students. Visit the museum's cellar. The Warming Kitchen, Cold Storage Room and Wine Cellar offer fascinating views of the rarely seen working areas in an 18th century plantation-style home. Also located in the cellar is the museum's ongoing Archaeology Exhibit Room. There you will see a display of 18th and 19th century artifacts that continue to be uncovered during excavations at Rock Hall. |
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516-239-1157 |
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