03/17/2022
Magnolia Grange, our historic house museum on Iron Bridge Road in Chesterfield, is celebrating its 200th anniversary throughout 2022.
On Saturday, May 21, the year-long bicentennial celebration will kick off with a “Mayfaire” Festival on the grounds of Magnolia Grange. Open to the public, this free event will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The festivities will include hands-on displays of historic arts and crafts, the sound of lively music and historic interpreters as well as traditional food and beverages for purchase. In addition, there will be a commemoration of the official ceremony that took place in May 1986 when Magnolia Grange opened to the public as a living history museum.
“Mayfaire” will offer free tours of Magnolia Grange. Numerous craftspeople include a story teller, candle maker, tinsmith, a basket weaver, a butter churner and a laundress; home life interpreters will demonstrate open air cooking, knitting and crocheting, and there’s even a medicine/snake oil salesman; also a wood wright, carpenter, and a numismatist/coin collector; and period toys will be on display. The musical entertainment includes a display of various instruments as well as entertainment by the Harken Back String Band. Several Revolutionary War interpreters plan to set up camp, and local authors are expected to present and sign their latest publications.
Please mark your calendars and join us on May 21st at Magnolia Grange for its “Mayfaire” Festival. Enjoy the sights, sounds, and flavors of a time long past but not forgotten!
Magnolia Grange Special Events
May 21, 2022, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.—Mayfaire
July 24, 2022, 2:00pm—Annual CHSV Membership Meeting/Ice Cream Social
September 21, 2022, 1:00pm—“Autumn Leaves” Tea
October 29, 2022, 7:00-10:00pm—Halloween Haunted Lantern Tours
December 3, 1:00-4:00pm—Holiday “Open House”
December 7 & 14, 1:00pm—Holiday Tea
