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 During the Fall Festival, staff and
volunteers in period clothing will be discussing and demonstrating
19th century daily life in the reconstructed village Abraham Lincoln
called home during most of the 1830s on Saturday and Sunday, October
28 and 29, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. each day. Demonstrations include black
powder, blacksmithing, broom making, candle dipping, natural dyeing,
period games, period music on traditional instruments, quilting,
soap making, spinning wool and weaving.
The Museum Store and Railsplitter Gift Shop operated
by the New Salem Lincoln League will be open, as well as the Visitor
Center and the New Salem Tradition Exhibit. OMGosh! Snack Shack will
be open during the event. Call the site at 217-632.4000 or go to
www.lincolns newsalem.com
for more information.
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Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site, administered by the
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, is located two miles south of
Petersburg and 20 miles northwest of Springfield on Route 97. Admission is
free, although a donation of $4 for adults, $2 for children and $10 per
family is suggested.
[Terry Jones]
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