Pathways Hybrid Learning in East Earl will host Pathways Heritage Day at the historic Brubaker Homestead near Terre Hill at 414 Long Lane, East Earl, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 19.
In its sixth year, the must-attend event in Northern Lancaster and South Western Berks counties has become a cornerstone of Pathways Hybrid Learning’s educational outreach.
Last year, nearly 3,000 visitors came out for this family-focused event. With even greater interest this year, organizers are expecting an even larger crowd.
The free admission event features more than 300 historians, artisans, craftspeople, military units, interpreters, and educators, all bringing history to life through interactive, hands-on experiences designed to engage visitors of all ages.
Traveling through time to 1740s Pennsylvania frontier to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, explore Lenni Lenape heritage, frontier life, and Revolutionary and Civil War military encampments.
Sponsored by Pathways Hybrid Learning, serving students in Lancaster, Berks and Lebanon counties, the event is designed to educate and inspire a passion for history in students while helping parents nurture historical appreciation in their family life. This free event is open to all homeschool, private school, and public school families.
Teens ages 13-17 can register for the Woodlands Walk Challenge. They will move through six wilderness stations to earn points by building a fire, shooting paper wads from muskets, archery, and tomahawk throwing.
Adults ages 18 and older can register for a survival skill competition to vie for the Mountain Man title. This archery competition features a moving deer target.
Additional exhibits include open-fire cooking, hearth and kettle-cooked soup (also available for take out). Visitors can interact with a 1700s frontier trappers’ camp, a Lenni Lenape village settlement, period domestic crafts, hide tanning, bee keeping, hands-on activities for kids, a blacksmith, metal casting, paper making, a seamstress, a basket weaver, a gun maker, a rope maker, and much more. Interact with the residents of the Frontier Encampment, Revolutionary War Civil War encampments.
The Stories in Time section features displays and presentations by the Caernarvon Historical Society, Terre Hill Historical Society, The Ephrata Cloister, and more. It’s a chance to delve into the stories that shaped the local community.
Food includes baked goods and simple festival foods, including homemade soups and pulled pork that are available for take out.
Admission and parking are free. All proceeds support the K-2 and grades 3 to 12 educational program and campuses of Pathways Hybrid Learning. For more information, visit www.learningatpathways.org or contact at [email protected].
