This workshop is full and registration has closed. Step back in time and prepare a meal like an 18th-century cook! At this hands-on cooking class on Sunday, March 31, you'll learn the basic techniques of open hearth cooking in the Hibbs House, located in the Historic Village at Washington Crossing Historic Park. Please arrive at 9:45 AM. The ending time will be about 3 PM. We'll prepare a seasonal 18th-century meal on the hearth and enjoy the meal together at the end of the class. Please note that the food may include ingredients such as wheat, eggs, and meat, and the class…

The next meeting of the Washington Crossing Historic Park Book Club will be led by museum curator Kimberly McCarty on Monday, April 15, at 5:30 PM in the Visitor Center. In this meeting, museum curator Kimberly McCarty will lead a discussion of Chapter 2 in Brady J. Crytzer's Hessians: Mercenaries, Rebels, and the War for British North America. Before the meeting, please read the Frederika Charlotte Louise von Massow chapter. Participation is free and open to all. Members should provide their own books. To register, please call the park Visitor Center at 215-493-4076.  

Roll up your sleeves and experience life on a colonial-era farmstead! Wheat & Sheep Day is set for Saturday, April 27 at noon at the Thompson-Neely Farmstead and Grist Mill, which is part of Washington Crossing Historic Park (PA). Watch as the Thompson-Neely sheep are shorn using period-accurate hand shears. Their fleece will become yarn available for purchase in the Visitor Center gift shop and on Etsy. Other Wheat & Sheep Day activities include: Learning to make colonial-style pancakes Turning the sheep's fleece into textiles Watching a cooper create barrels Touring the Thompson-Neely House, once used as a field hospital…