Pioneer Day comes to Stacy's Tavern Museum Sept. 26
The Glen Ellyn Historical Society's annual Pioneer Day will welcomes Native American dancers and artists at Pioneer Day on Sunday, Sept. 26.
It will be 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Stacy's Tavern Museum, 800 N. Main St. at Historic Stacy's Corners. This event was previously known as Tavern Day.
Come see what life was like for the early settlers of Glen Ellyn on the same spot where early residents lived! Try experiencing life in the 1840s.
Native American dancers, arranged by the Midwest SOARRING Foundation, will be performing at 1 and 2 p.m.
Joseph Standing Bear Schranz, a member of the Minnesota Ojibwe Nation, will open the gathering with a blessing at 1 p.m.
Glen Ellyn artist Wes Douglas will paint simple portraits in pioneer style, and Glen Ellyn artist Timothy Botts will demonstrate the penmanship of the 19th century.
There are live farm animals, craft-making for kids, candle making, corn shelling, apple peeling, making rope, pioneer games to play, toys to make, learn how to rope a bed, do laundry 1840's style, experience 1840s school in an outdoor classroom, tour Stacy's Tavern, and more.
Admission is $8 or $4 for children, age 3 to 17. Historical society members get in for $6 or $4 for children of members. Children under age 3 are admitted free.
For information, call (630) 469-1867 and check out the website www.gehs.org.
Also this month, the historical society is hosting a historical portrayal of Lizzie Borden, portrayed by historian and actress Leslie Goddard, on Wednesday, Sept. 29. The program begins at 7 p.m. at the Glen Ellyn History Center, 800 N. Main St. Everyone remembers the old poem, "Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks?" No one knows for sure who "did" it so Goddard tries to give a better understanding of Lizzie and her complicated life. Admission is $8, $5 for age 18 or younger; historical society members are $6.