Margaretta Days Festival and Craft Fair

Schedule:

Friday, June 16, 2023

6:30pm: Revolutionary War Reenactors of Downeast Maine - Skirmish at the UMM Soccer Field
Food Available for purchase by Sebastian's Wood Fired Pizza

Saturday and Sunday

9:00am - 3:00pm: Colonial Day on the Mall Activities take place at different times throughout the day, featuring:
-Reenactors' Encampment: Will offer demonstrations of camp life for American Patriots and British Redcoats
-CRAFT FAIR with 40 vendors
-Historical Society Tables and locally found artifacts
-Demonstrations of period skills and crafts; Children's activities/ games; Frying Pan Toss;
-Period food including baked beans, corn bread, home-baked desserts.
-Meat pies by ARISE and Darlings Ice Cream for a Cause.

Saturday, June 17, 2023

7:00am - 9:00am: Pancake Breakfast at the Machias Valley Airport (52 Airport Rd, Machias)
9:00am - 9:30am: Join our PARADE on the UMM Campus - March with the Revolutionary War Reenactors!
9:30am - 10:00am: Welcome from the Machias Historical Society, UMM and Town of Machias; Announcements
10:00am - 10:30am: Reenactors Drilling Practice on the mall
10:30am - 11:00am: Machias History- Battle of the Margaretta (Nate Beal)
11:00am - 11:30am: Primitive Fire Starting in the Encampment
11:30am - 12:00pm: Machias History - Hannah & Rebecca Weston (DAR)
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Music by Jim Sherman
12:00pm - 3:00pm: Tours of the Burnhom Tavern Museum at 14 Colonial Way in Machias
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Skit by I KNOW ME Youth Group and Skirmish by Revolutionary War Reenactors
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Flintlocks at the Encampment
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Hunt & Allison Colonial Dance Workshop
5:00pm - 7:00pm: The French Cellar Wine Tasting at 4 Colonial Way in Machias
6:00pm - 8:00pm: The Liberty Ball at Kilburn Commons

Sunday, June 18, 2023

9:00am - 9:30am: Raising the Liberty Pole; Scout Troop 125; Reverend Lyon Prayer and Hymn
9:30am - 10:00am: Welcome and Announcements
10:00am - 10:30am: Musket Drill - Reenactors
10:30am - 11:15am: Machias History - Ephraim Chase by Rick Scribner and Friends
11:15am - 12:00pm: Machias History - Battle of the Rim
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Music by Gene Nichols
1:30pm - 2:30pm: Skit by I KNOW ME Youth Group and Skirmish by Revolutionary Reenactors
2:30pm - 3:00pm: Group Photo
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Colonial Tea in Kilburn Commons

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023 - Sunday, June 18, 2023

Location: University of Maine at Machias - 116 Obrien Ave, Machias, ME 04654

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