May 2, 2012
Vol 14
July 13, 2011
No 18
Vol 13 No 28
O’Fallon Founders’ Day features kids’ chores and games, period craftsmanship, archaeology and live entertainment.
Founders’ Day Fun! By Shelly A. Schneider with information from the city of O’Fallon
IN this Issue
Have you ever wondered what downtown O’Fallon, Mo. was like in the days when people made their own clothes and washed them by hand, milked cows, walked to school, and drove buggies and wagons instead of cars? Find out on Saturday, May 5, at O’Fallon Founders’ Day. Rain or shine, the event will be held from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Fort Zumwalt Park, with free admission and parking, kids’ activities, demonstrations by skilled artisans, bluegrass music by the award-winning Curreykorn Family, and a vaudeville-style magic and comedy show by Hagerman the Magician. Marsha Seymour, manager of Tourism and Festivals for the city of O’Fallon, said she’s excited to have Hagerman the Magician perform. “There are many things that draw the kids in, but there is humor for the adults, too,” she said. Kids’ activities include educational chores such as washing clothes the pioneer way, milking a cow, making rope, sewing a patchwork quilt, soap carving, and games like walking on stilts and three graces. “Milking the ‘cow’ should be fun,” Seymour said. “I found the plans online and the parks guys constructed it for me. It has udders and everything. Last year the most popular thing was the stilt walking. There were more than 200 kids who participated in that activity last year. I had a volunteer who built a pair of stilts and this past winter he built another pair, so more kids may participate.” The St. Charles County Woodcarvers will be on hand, teaching kids how to carve soap. Seymour said there is also a giant tic-tac-toe game and a largerthan-life checkers game. “Larry Kinsella is new this year,” Syemour said. “He will explain experi-
Photo courtesy of the City of O’Fallon
mental archaeology and demonstrate primitive tool-making. We’ve had the St. Louis Archaeological group out here before doing actual digs at the Fort Zumwalt site, and displaying what they found, but this is something different. This is fun and educational.” A basket weaver will demonstrate basket-making and sell baskets. Period artisans who also will sell their wares include a sheep-to-shawl wool spinner, beekeeper, woodcarvers, quilters and a rope-maker who is also a broom squire. The St. Charles Model Railroad Club exhibit will be open with free admission, and historic Heald Home tours will be available at $2 per person. Food, beverages and period merchandise will be available for purchase. Area schools sent information about Founders’ Day home with students, and Seymour said for each activity in which the children participate, they earn a point. Then, with points earned by participating in the activities, kids can shop at the General Store. In addition, the classroom with the highest number of participants receives a pizza party from
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Pantera’s Pizza in O’Fallon. For more event information, visit www.ofallon.mo.us/FoundersDay or contact the Tourism and Festivals Department at 636.379.5614 or mseymour@ofallon.mo.us. Directions: On I-70, take Exit 217
at Highways K / M (Main Street) in O’Fallon, drive south on Highway K for one block to the stoplight at Veterans Memorial Parkway; turn right (west) and then drive about one mile to the Fort Zumwalt Park entrance on the left (south).
MOVIE PEEK
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