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NEW! 'Family Fun' First Saturdays - Next : May 1st, Nature & Culture

NEW! Drayton Hall 'Family Fun' First Saturdays - interactive programs ideal for families with children ages 6 through 12.

When: the first Saturday of every month - February through May

Time: 10:00am to 11:30am

Series launches on Saturday, February 6th, during Black History Month with "A Day in the Life of a Colonial Plantation":

• Families will learn the workings of a colonial plantation and household and will have the opportunity to try their hand at colonial cooking, be a blacksmith's apprentice, and use musical instruments with African traditions.

• Children will make indigo-dyed rag dolls and pinch pots as take-home souvenirs.


Other First Saturdays will feature:

March 6th - The American Revolution: War Comes to Drayton Hall
During the American Revolution, Drayton Hall was an encampment for more than 8,000 British soldiers as they planned the Siege of Charleston.
• Families will find out how life changed for the Draytons and the enslaved people who lived at Drayton Hall.
• Children will experience life as a soldier camping at Drayton Hall, try on uniforms, learn to drill, make their own checkers set, and see how pirates helped to win the war for the Patriots!


April 3rd - The Civil War: Soldiers and Civilians
The events of April 12, 1861 changed the lives of people in Charleston and throughout the country.
• Families will learn about the two Drayton brothers that fought on opposite sides of the conflict.
• Children will experience life as soldiers and civilians, assemble shelters, try on uniforms, decipher secret coded messages, and make their own poke bag.


May 1st - Nature & Culture: Man's Use of the Lowcountry Environment
As the landscape of Drayton Hall has changed over the past 300 years, it has shaped people's culture.
• Families will discover how the colonists, Native-Americans, and enslaved people used the plants and animals from their environment to help them survive.
• Children will test water samples for contaminates, see how recycling can help to preserve our environment, investigate artifacts, and make their own Native-American inspired jewelry.


Cost:
Families pay the regular gate admission per person plus only $7 per family for the program. OR, they can sign up for the complete series and pay regular gate admission one time plus $20 per family for all four programs. An excellent value.

For more information, please contact: Curator of Education Rikki Davenport at (843) 769-2607 or rikki_davenport@draytonhall.org.


See the "Family Fun" Photo Albums on our Facebook page at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charleston-SC/Drayton-Hall/74159117472