Living History Day Event • May 2nd, 2015
The Foxfire Museum & Heritage Center • 200 Foxfire Lane off Cross Street • Mountain City, GA 30562

See the days of pioneer Appalachia brought to life by local families as the Foxfire Museum & Heritage Center hosts a day of living history, with adults and children dressed in 1800s period costumes, showcasing almost every facet of life in these mountains 200 years ago.

Cooking simple food in a stone fireplace, crafting wood furniture with hand tools, blacksmithing in a coal-fired forge, one-room schoolhouse classes covering the Appalachian “three Rs” (Readin’, ‘Ritin’, and Religion), short church services, a quilting bee, plenty of old-time kids’ games (everyone is invited to join in), live traditional music — all of these activities (and likely more) bring the Foxfire Museum to life, thanks to the parents, children, and friends of the Rabun Christian Home Educators, reenacting the unsophisticated and strenuous lives of the hardy settlers that created our homes within these majestic mountains.

Foxfire hosts two days of Living History, produced, in part, by the Rabun Christian Home Educators. Dressed in 1800s period clothing, children will be playing with traditional Appalachian toys and games, giving other children an opportunity to join in the fun; live musicians on the porch; a "smithy" will be at work in the Blacksmith Shop; preachers and teachers will be doing both traditional church services and one-room-school classes in the Chapel; a quilting bee will be held in the Long House; woodworkers will be demonstrating their trade; and folks will be cabin cooking over an open hearth in the Savannah House. Other traditional activities may take place as well!

There will be a shuttle van operating from the two church parking lots at the lower end of Cross Street (just off US 441), and Foxfire asks that any who can, please park at the churches and ride the shuttle to the Museum, to preserve some of the Museum's parking for visitors with mobility issues.

All proceeds will help support the Museum's mission of preserving the heritage of Southern Appalachia and making it available to visitors and students for generations to come.

Hours are 8:30 to 4:30. Admission for Living History Days is $6 per adult; age 7 to 11 is $3; admission for children 6 & under is free. All home-school family members above age 6 receive a discounted admission price of $3.

For more information about Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center, their programs, publications and or events,
call (706) 746-5828, or visit their web site at www.Foxfire.org

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