2018 MHS Heritage Day Festival

Monroeville Historical Society

Presents

Heritage Day Festival

"A tribute to Monroeville's Rural Past"

October 13, 2018

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Free Admission

Pony Rides - $4.00

·        Stables from Apollo are offering supervised rides on good-natured ponies that love nothing moe than to let you ride them.

Scarecrow Making - $4.00

·        Bring your own scarecrow to life in time for Halloween.

Crafts - $1.00

·        Fashion your own corn husks and yarn dolls, awaken your inner autumn artist with pumpkin painting.

Self-Guided Tours of the Historical Houses

·        McGinley House - Kitchen, museum room, parlor, upstairs bedroom, miniatures and dollhouse room.

·        McCully Log house - Interact and relive history with a MHS member.

Interactive Demonstrations

·        Pioneer and Native American artifacts shown by Reenactor Henry Bowden.

·        Spinning wheel demonstration by Jennifer Lis.

·        Churn butter and sample it on fresh baked bread and potatoes baked in out outdoor over, served with Cider.

·        View an antique gun collection and enjoy frontier food made by Doug Plance and his family.

·        Enjoy talking with beekeeper John Yakim while he explains the bees' activities in his hive.

Directions

·        The Historical Houses are located at 2381 McGinley Rd, Monroeville, PA 15146.

·        From Monroeville Library, cross Moss Side Blvd to Haymaker Rd and turn left onto McGinley Rd.

·        From Rote 48, turn at Haymaker Rd, then turn left onto McGinley Rd.

Handicapped accessible.

For more information, call MaryLou Span at 724-733-7535 or 412-977-6796.