Family First Fridays

  • June 3 - August 5, 2022
  • Stratford Hall

    483 Great House Road
    Stratford, Virginia 22520
Ticket Price $0.00-$15.00 This event is now over
Description

Stratford Hall’s Family First Fridays is a new summer program offered on the first Friday of the month! Join us on Friday, August 5th!

Come discover all that Stratford Hall has to offer! Try our new Audio Tour app for a fun and interactive way to explore the historic area together as a family. 

Enjoy a scavenger hunt activity with your children as you tour the Great House. 

Meet with a member of our collections team and learn about material culture and how we use it to tell stories. Talk with our museum educators about the scientific studies of paleontology and archaeology. 

Make an 18th-century inspired craft to take home after your visit. 

Or explore our 1,800 acre site through miles of nature trails, and hunting for shark teeth along the Potomac River while at Stratford Hall’s public beach.

Special Feature for August 5th Event: 
During your visit, experience a facet of 18th-century life with an iron-working demonstration by the local, veteran-run organization Black Horse Forge from Fredericksburg, VA. Want to try your hand on the forge, bring a $10 (*cash only*) donation for Black Horse Forge and you can make a special iron piece under the supervision of one of their experienced blacksmiths! 

 

Date & Time

Jun 3 - Aug 5, 2022

Venue Details

Stratford Hall

483 Great House Road
Stratford, Virginia 22520 Stratford Hall
Stratford Hall Historic Preserve

Stratford Hall brings together people from around the world to experience two-thousand acres of natural and human history, preserved and presented so that we can all learn from the courageous struggles of our ancestors, taking inspiration both from what they endured and what they accomplished. There are few places in America where people can travel down small, rural roads to arrive at a vast site that preserves so many aspects of early-American life, from the Great House where the influential Lee family helped to forge a new nation, to the fields worked by enslaved Africans, to the waters of the rivers that fueled trade, to the ground, which still yields secrets about the people and animals that lived before.

Come experience this extraordinary place and learn about a layered history that began millions of years ago - a history that continues to educate, inspire, and influence Americans to the present day.


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