If you like fresh apple pie, cider pressing, experiencing an old fashioned barn raising and plenty of fall fun, then make sure to attend the McHenry County Historical Society's Cider Fest.
The 39th annual festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, at the museum, 6422 Main St. in Union. In addition to free access to the museum, guests are invited to participate in an Apple Bake-Off , take home a variety of homemade apple treats and experience what is was like to attend classes in a one-room school. Visitors also may help with a barn raising starting at 11:30 a.m. and visit with Civil War re-enactors from the 36th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and listen to the sounds of Charlie B and Friends starting at 1 p.m. Throughout the day there will be blacksmithing and cider-making demonstrations. Apple baked goods and kettle korn will be among the food items on sale. Rare books, antique clothing and hard-to-find items also will on sale during the Society’s biannual white elephant sale.
Silent auction aficionados can bid on unique books being sold from the collection. They include county atlases and history books.
In addition to the museum, the Gannon family 1843 log cabin, the 1895 West Harmony one-room school and the newly updated mobile museum, The James, will be open free all day.
Sunday Oct 2, 2016
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM CDT
10 a.m. Oct. 2
McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St., Union.
Free
Kurt Begalka
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