Friends of the Senate House: Sugaring Off - 18th Century Style

Join the staff of Senate House State Historic Site on Saturday April 6, 2024 from 11am-4pm to celebrate the maple season. Activities include boiling maple sap to syrup, making jack wax candy, baking molasses cornbread and waffles over an open fire, hewing a log into a trough and making wooden buckets and spiles which were used to collect the sap. The First Ulster Militia will re-enact a raid on the sugar bush. Mark Rust will perform traditional 18th century music on a variety of musical instruments including banjo, violin, guitar and spoons. He will even let you try your hands at playing one of the instruments. The event is free and open to the public. All are invited to attend.