Independence Weekend Celebration

There will be free ice cream for the first 500 visitors each day (sponsored by Huffs Ice Cream) and $2.00 off admission for everyone!  Kids 6 and under, NYSHA Members, as well as active and retired career military personnel are always free.

Sunday, July 3rd
Join us for an afternoon of American Favorites – ice cream, hot dogs and jazz!

After the free ice cream, save some room for our Hot Dog Competition starting at 11:00 am.  Not a hot dog eating contest, but more of a hot dog tasting contest.  Actual ballpark franks (with all the fixings) from baseball stadiums around the country will be on sale.  Try them all and vote for your favorite!  Featured franks include...

Yankee Dog            - Nathan's Frank 
Fenway Frank         - Kayem Frank on New England Bun                                              
Pirate's Hot Italian   - Hot Italian Sausage, Peppers and Onions         
Brewer's Brat          - Beef Brat, Stadium Sauce ,Kraut, Mustard         
Dodger Dog            - Foot Long, Relish and Mustard                     
Rockie Dog             - Foot Long, Grilled Peppers, Diced Onions and Kraut
Chicago White Sox  - Polish Sausage Red and Green Grilled Peppers    

At 3:00 pm, the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival presents the National Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars.   Swing to classic jazz sounds including the works of Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman bands. Concert tickets $15/student; $25 adult.  Read more here

Monday, July 4th - Independence Day
Experience a traditional Grand Old Fourth of July at The Farmers’ Museum with activities to keep you in the spirit all day long!

Enjoy and old fashioned family carnival – all day.  Take part in 19th century contests like sack races, a watermelon eating contest, and a rolling pin toss.  Play games like Ping Pong Ball Toss into the Cup, Bean Bag Toss , Find the needle in the haystack (find pencils hidden in the haystack).  Make newspaper hats.  Toss, and keep, the skillet ($5 per person - adults only) in this odd contest of cookware flinging.  Witness the excitement of a Pie Eating Contest sponsored by the Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard at 2 pm (Limited to the first 30 entries).  Tour the museum on a horse-drawn wagon.  Ride the Empire State Carousel.  Cover your ears for the Militia Musters from 11 am to 4 pm and brush up on your history with a reading of the Declaration of Independence at 1 pm.  There will even be puppet shows to entertain you through the day!

 

Full Schedule:

Sunday, July 3

Throughout the day…

The Empire State Carousel (#6)
Rides 10 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Carousel Tour 12:00 p.m.
Band Organ Concert 12:30 p.m.
Rides 1:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
50¢ per ride – Purchase tokens at Todd’s General Store

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Hot Dog Competition
Vote for your favorite ballpark frank from a grouping of some of the tastiest dogs north of Yankee Stadium!

3:00 p.m.
National Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Stars
Louis C. Jones Center - Main Barn

Monday, July 4

Throughout The Day:

Patriotic Crafts
Filer’s Corner Schoolhouse (#29)

Militia Musters
Bump Tavern Green

19th-Century Contests
Carousel Green

The Empire State Carousel (#6)
Rides 10 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Carousel Tour 12:00 p.m.
Band Organ Concert 12:30 p.m.
Rides 1:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
50¢ per ride – Purchase tokens at Todd’s General Store

10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Register for the pie eating contest,  quoits toss, and/or the
skillet throwing contest (Skillet Throwing: $5 entry fee, you keep the skillet)
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Carousel Green

10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
and
2:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Children’s Barnyard Open
Morey Barn - Children’s Barnyard (#8)

10:15 a.m.
Meet the Chicks
Morey Barn - Children’s Barnyard (#8)

10:30 a.m.
Medicines from the Garden
Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy (#13)

11:00 a.m.
Raising the Rabble Puppet Show
Country Fair - Blue and White Tent

Meet the Oxen at the Country Fair
Empire State Carousel (#6)

Making Traditional Hardware
Field Blacksmith Shop (#10)

Try your hand on the Liberty Press
Middlefield Printing Office (#11)

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Tractor and Wagon Rides
Blacksmith Shop (#9) and End of Main Barn

11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Roasting on the Open Hearth
Lippitt House (#15)

11:30 a.m.
Patriotic Songs and Music of the 19th Century
Cornwallville Church (#22)

12:00 p.m.
Raising the Rabble Puppet Show
Country Fair - Blue and White Tent

Let’s Feed the Baby Animals!
Morey Barn - Children’s Barnyard (#8)

1:00 p.m.
Reading of the Declaration of Independence
Bump Tavern (#23)

1:30 p.m.
Raising the Rabble Puppet Show
Country Fair - Blue and White Tent

Making Medicines
Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy (#13)

1:45 p.m.
Announcing the Name of the new Carousel Horse
Empire State Carousel (#6)

2:00 p.m.
Pie Eating Contest on the Carousel Green
Sponsored by the Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard – win a $50 gift card to the Mill!
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Try your hand on the Liberty Press
Middlefield Printing Office (#11)

Patriotic Songs and Music of the 19th Century
Cornwallville Church (#22)

2:30 p.m.
Skillet Throwing Contest in the Nelson Field, Lippitt Farmstead
Followed by a Quoits Throwing Contest
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Raising the Rabble Puppet Show
Country Fair - Blue and White Tent

Medicines from the Garden
Dr. Thrall’s Pharmacy (#13)

3:00 p.m.
Frolic time for the Babies
Morey Barn - Children’s Barnyard (#8)

Patriotic Songs and Music
of the 19th Century
Bump Tavern (#23)

Meet the Oxen
Around the Village

3:25 p.m.
More House Tour
More House (#25)

3:30 p.m.
Raising the Rabble Puppet Show
Country Fair Blue and White Tent

Cow milking demonstration
Sweet-Marble Barn (#19)

3:45 p.m.
Meet and Feed the Chicks
#8 Morey Barn (Children’s Barnyard)

4 p.m.
Patriotic Songs and Music
of the 19th Century
Bump Tavern (#23)

4:15 p.m.
Let’s Feed the Baby Animals!
Morey Barn (Children’s Barnyard #8)