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 Costumed interpreters will demonstrate daily tasks
such as making soap, weaving baskets, spinning wool and dyeing
cloth. Experts will demonstrate the use of black-powder rifles.
Visitors can see meat smoking in of the historic site’s period
smokehouses or stop by a cabin to smell wild game being cooked. A
visit to the tavern’s cellar will reveal how fruits and vegetables
were preserved during the winter. And kettle corn will be prepared
over open fire.
The free event lasts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both Saturday and
Sunday.
Lincoln’s New Salem, administered by the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency, is a re-creation of the 1830s log village where
Abraham Lincoln lived for six years.
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 It is located along Route 97 about two miles
south of Petersburg and 20 miles northwest of Springfield, and is
open Wednesday through Sunday for free public tours.
For more information, visit
www.illinoishistory.gov
[Tim Guinan, Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency] |
