Pottsgrove Manor hosts living historians

Learn a new historic skill every Sunday in August at Pottsgrove Manor’s Living History Sundays.

Living history interpreters will be at Pottsgrove Manor on Sunday, Aug., 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Take a turn to churn cream into butter.

Learn how to weave colorful strings into useful tape on a loom.

See the tools of the leather-smith trade in action as the hide is transformed into pouches and bags.

Join the cook in the reproduction kitchen to uncover an 18th-century dish brought to life, and stroll through the kitchen garden to find the plants which colonists would use for food and medicine.

Everyone can try their hand at period toys and games to complete their historical experience.

Each weekend brings different historical skills to life.

This Sunday’s activity is butter churning and tailoring.

On Sunday, Aug. 11, the activities will be leather working, loom weaving, wool spinning and cooking.

On Sunday Aug. 18, the activities will be needlework and cooking.

On Sunday Aug. 25, the activities will be needlework, gunsmithing and cooking.

Parts of the Potts family 1752 manor home will be open for tours. The Museum Shop will be open to purchase books, games, period reproduction items, and much more. This event is rain or shine and welcomes all ages. There is a suggested $2 donation per person for this event.

Pottsgrove Manor is located at 100 West King Street near the intersection of King Street and Route 100, just off of Route 422 near the Carousel at Pottsgrove and Manatawny Green Miniature Golf Course, in Pottstown. Pottsgrove Manor is operated by the Montgomery County Division of Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites.

For more information, please call 610-3264014, or visit https://www. montcopa.org/930/Pottsgrove-Manor. Like Pottsgrove Manor on Facebook at https://www.facebook. com/pottsgrovemanor.