Included with museum admission
12-2PM
Take a guided hike on the (Cambrian) beach with geologist Helen Mango. Mango, your leader, is an expert on the geology of Mount Independence and southern Lake Champlain. College leads this hike to explore Mount Independence, from the oldest rocks in the Potsdam Formation to the newer rocks of the Great Meadows Formation. Wear sturdy shoes or boots and dress for weather. Co-sponsored by the Mount Independence Coalition.
Celebrate Bennington Battle Day with Free Admission at all State Historic Sites in regular open hours!
Join us at the State Historic Sites as we reopen for the 2024 season! Sites reopening include: Bennington Battle Monument, President Calvin Coolidge, President Chester Arthur, Chimney Point, Hubbardton Battlefield, Senator Justin S. Morrill, and Mount Independence. For details on hours and admissions at each site, please select the "Hours of Operation" tab.
Included with admission
1PM-4PM
Jim Rowe, historian for the Crown Point Road Association, leads a vigorous guided hike on the Hubbardton section of the 1776-77 military road to Mount Independence. Meet at the Hubbardton Battlefield visitor center. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water. Then consider going on the August 17 auto tour of the first length of the road, starting at Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell at 10:00 am.
Included with museum admission
1PM-4PM
On this guided tour, walk in the footsteps of Revolutionary War soldiers. Mount Independence Coalition president Stephen Zeoli is your guide. He will tell you about some events leading up to the Revolution, as you look at traces reflecting the importance of Mount Independence in 1776 and 1777. Wear walking shoes and dress for the weather. Co-sponsored by Mount Independence Coalition.
$5 adults, free children under 15
8AM-11AM
Sue Wetmore, our bird expert, introduces you to the birds of spring and spring migration as you walk along the Mount Independence trails. Wear sturdy shoes or boots and dress for the weather. No pets please. Meet in front of the Museum. (Restrooms available before the hike).
Free event, 1-3PM
Assist our Master Gardeners with the annual autumn “putting the garden to bed” day at the Justin Morrill State Historic Site in Strafford, Vermont. Tasks include cutting back perennials and pulling annuals, raking, mulching, weeding, bringing old plants to the compost area—generally cleaning up the kitchen garden and ornamental garden beds and preparing them for the winter and the next growing season. (Master Gardeners can earn outreach hours with us.) All Welcome. No experience needed.
For more information, contact director@morrillhomestead.org
$5 adults, children under 12 FREE - please pay when you arrive
1-4PM
AWARD WINNER! “Top Ten Fall Events” —Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Bring the whole family to a harvest festival at the Homestead. Listen to live toe-tapping fiddle and accordion music. Meet farm animals—the kind that Justin Morrill would have had on his small 19th-century farm. Make your own cider in an antique press, taste heirloom apples, fine artisan cheeses, Vermont ice cream, and homemade apple pie. Play period games, and hike the lookout trail. Also includes wagon rides, gardens, basket-making demo, exhibits, an icehouse, and a historic Gothic Revival home.
For more information, contact director@morrillhomestead.org
$5, 10AM-12PM
Come join local naturalist Micki Colbeck for a fairly easy walk around the Homestead. We’ll look at mosses, ferns, lichens, and flowers that have all been hiding in plain sight. Bring a magnifying loop if you have one, but it’s not necessary. Kids are welcome, but please leave dogs behind.
To register, contact director@morrillhomestead.org
Free Event
10AM
Archeologists from UVM’s Consulting Archaeology Program will share what they found and learned from their dig on the grounds of the Homestead. This excavation yielded some surprising results!
To pre-register, contact director@morrillhomestead.org
