EXETER TWP., Pa. – The ringing celebrations of America 250 will be front and center this weekend with a living history museum in Berks County sending visitors back in time.
69 News Reporter Sydney Kay gives us a look at the site in Exeter Township with how they’ll highlight our nation’s roots.
Scratching the surface with history using ink and a quill pen.
“It was time consuming but that was the only way you could communicate with each other,” said Diane Krueger, a volunteer and board member at the Daniel Boone Homestead.
Engaging visitors in the challenges and secrets of our country’s past is always on the agenda at the Daniel Boone Homestead in Exeter Township.
“Back in the Revolutionary War, they used invisible ink on the back of some of their letters,” Krueger said.
Stretching across nearly 580 acres, the site is a living history museum with hands-on demonstrations and historical structures showcasing the birthplace of Daniel Boone.
“He’s most known for basically settling and discovering Kentucky and that kind of earned him the title of ‘America’s first frontiersman,” said Amanda Machik, the events and programs manager at the Daniel Boone Homestead.
The museum is gearing up for America 250 by hosting its largest Signature Living History event on Saturday from noon to 8 p.m.
“We will have the blacksmithing going, gunsmithing, leatherworking, house tours,” Krueger said.
Connecting to the younger generations far beyond pages in a textbook.
“The First Pennsylvania Regiment will be here and have a small military encampment set up,” Machik said.
A reading of the Declaration of Independence is also planned, immersing visitors into the mindset of a world unlike ours today.
“They didn’t know any different so that’s just how they did it, so of course to them it didn’t seem hard. It was just daily life,” Machik added.
To find more information about Saturday’s event, you can head to the Daniel Boone Homestead website.
Admission for adults is $15, and $12 for people ages 65 and older. The price is $5 for people ages 6-17. Children 5 and under and DBHA members are free.
The Daniel Boone Homestead Visitor Center and Boone House are open Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m., the Daniel Boone Homestead website says.
Guided Boone House tours are offered at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
The website says the historic site is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and pedestrians may access the grounds sunrise to sunset.