Huguenot Street New Netherland Marketplace 1645: Living History Event-free
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Sunday June 11th, from 12:00 – 2:00pm.
This is a free Event. It does run both Saturday and Sunday but we are set up to come when they anticipate it will be less crowded. People are welcome to come earlier or stay later.
| Historic Huguenot Street invites you to a mid-17th century marketplace, where you’ll discover Indigenous, Black, and European representation sharing their craftsmanship and culture, and portraying life in 1645 New Netherland. Living historians portraying Dutch merchants, traders, and craftspeople will be offering demonstrations on leather and wood working, hearth cooking, tailoring, wampum making, blacksmithing, and more. The marketplace will also include displays of camp gear and furs, clothing, wooden bowls, and other items for sale. Lenape and Delaware representatives will be returning to their ancestral homelands to portray the life of their ancestors and their economic relationship with the Europeans. Their camp will have ongoing open fire cooking, cordage making, bow shooting, flintknapping, arrow making, and hide tanning demonstrations throughout the weekend. Enrolled members of the five federally recognized communities will be present, representing their people and culture, and speaking about their communities today. |
