Pottsgrove Manor museum educator Lynn Symborski works on a petticoat.
Gunsmith John Symborski plies his craft.
POTTSTOWN PA — For a second consecutive week, members of the staff and volunteers at Pottsgrove Manor, the Montgomery County PA historic site that was the former home of Pottstown founder John Potts, are inviting visitors to spend Sunday afternoon (Aug. 8, 2010) casually amid 18th century surroundings while re-enactors demonstrate colonial trades and pastimes.
This event has been added to The Post calendar.
Museum educator Lynn Symborski said the manor’s costumed interpreters will be living life the colonial way from 1-4 p.m. on the grounds at 100 W. King St., Pottstown PA, with activities such as needlework, gun-smithing, butter churning, and tape-loom weaving. Visitors can watch, learn, and even join in, she added.
Pottsgrove Manor, built for colonial ironmaster Potts, is operated by the county Parks and Heritage Services Department. A series of five of what Symborski calls “Living History Sundays” have been scheduled there, beginning last week and continuing on Aug. 15, 22, and 29 at the same times.
While at the manor, visitors also can also tour the museum’s current exhibit, “So Long and Toilsome a Journey: Transportation in Colonial Pennsylvania.” A donation of $2 per person is suggested.
For more information, call 610-326-4014.
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