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New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday, April 23   - Westfield, Union County Sheep to Shawl Festival Children Friendly Join us as we kick off the 50th Anniversary Celebrations for the Miller-Cory House Museum with our Sheep to Shawl Festival. Held on our historic grounds, the festival includes sheep shearing demonstrated by a master shearer using hand shears as was done in early America. Museum docents in period costume will also be demonstrating wool-related period crafts including spinning, weaving, and knitting. 18th century farm tasks such as wash day and soap making will also be demonstrated and our cooks will showcase eighteenth-century colonial cuisine with authentic colonial-era open hearth cooking using period recipes and techniques. The event is rain or shine and runs from 1:00 to 4:00.   There will be a children’s craft and story time with local author Laura Sassi

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New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday , April 16  - Holmdel, Monmouth County Accordion Melodies of the 1890s and Sowing Seed Potatoes    Children Friendly Site & Event On Saturday, visit   Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel  and  stop by the farmhouse to hear melodies from the 1890s played on the accordion.  Enjoy the melodies as you step back in time with a visit to the farm.  This free events run from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. From 11:00 am - 2:00 pm: the field is ready and it’s time to plant! Give our farmers a hand as we sow this year’s crop of potatoes. Weather dependent.   Historic Longstreet Farm is located at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. For more information, call 732-946-3758 or visit  www.monmouthcountyparks.com .

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New Jersey Weekend Historical Happenings A Weekly Feature on  www.thehistorygirl.com Want to submit an event? Use our  event submission form . Saturday , April 9  - Holmdel, Monmouth County Cookstove Demonstration Children Friendly Site & Event On Saturday, visit   Historic Longstreet Farm in Holmdel  and stop by the out kitchen to see what’s cooking on the wood-fired stove. Discover how recipes, cooking techniques and kitchens have changed since the 1890s.  This free events run from 11:00 am - 3:30 pm. Historic Longstreet Farm is located at 44 Longstreet Road, Holmdel, NJ. For more information, call 732-946-3758 or visit  www.monmouthcountyparks.com .

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