Lord Stirling Festival
Sun, Oct 06
|Lord Stirling Park
The event provides an educational and enjoyable way to learn about colonial times and the importance of New Jersey’s role in the American Revolution. Visitors can question craftspeople about their trades, tour Lord Stirling’s wine cellar, and enjoy the sights, sounds, and aromas of a colonial style.
Time & Location
Oct 06, 2019, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Lord Stirling Park, 190 Lord Stirling Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920, USA
About the event
Each year on the first Sunday in October, Lord Stirling’s estate at Lord Stirling Park in Basking Ridge, NJ comes back to life in the late 1700s. Colonial craftspeople ply their trades, a town crier delivers the daily news, and Revolutionary War military detachments camp and conduct maneuvers on the former estate lawn. The event promotes historical and environmental education highlighting the unsung Revolutionary War hero William Alexander, Lord Stirling, who lived on the site and served under General George Washington.
Attired in replicas of 1770s clothing true to the period, meet a blacksmith, tinsmith, broom maker, cooper, and other trades people of the times. Crafters make toys, dolls, lace, decorative arts, woodcarvings, and spin wool into yarn. No crafts are sold at this entertaining and educational event. See sheep, goats, and chickens that were staples of colonial life in the 1770s. Children can try stenciling, quill writing, making clay…