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Maple Sunday at the Homestead!

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Join us at the Homestead for our annual celebration of Maine Maple Sunday on March 26 from 12-3PM! The sugar shack will be open for tours, and living history interpreters will be demonstrating life as early settlers of midcoast Maine in the 1770s. Visitors can participate in sap boiling, hearth cooking, wood splitting with a […]

Troops at Camden Encampments

Troops at Camden encampment
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All encampments will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will be held at the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s Thorndike House. The Troops at Camden is a volunteer group working exclusively with the CRHS as historical interpreters. At this time the Troops/CRHS are not inviting outside groups to our events. Participants in the encampments must […]

Troops at Camden Encampments

Troops at Camden encampment
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All encampments will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will be held at the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s Thorndike House. The Troops at Camden is a volunteer group working exclusively with the CRHS as historical interpreters. At this time the Troops/CRHS are not inviting outside groups to our events. Participants in the encampments must […]

History Camp!

Woman cooking over a fire
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This summer at the Homestead, we will be introducing young learners to what life was like as a Colonial settler with our Homestead History Program. This pilot program will be a “trip back in time” immersion in hands-on exploration and learning about life in the 18th century. This immersive program is one week long, from […]

Troops at Camden Encampments

Troops at Camden encampment
Date:
Time:

All encampments will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will be held at the Camden-Rockport Historical Society’s Thorndike House. The Troops at Camden is a volunteer group working exclusively with the CRHS as historical interpreters. At this time the Troops/CRHS are not inviting outside groups to our events. Participants in the encampments must […]

History Camp!

Woman cooking over a fire
Date:
Time: to

This summer at the Homestead, we will be introducing young learners to what life was like as a Colonial settler with our Homestead History Program. This pilot program will be a “trip back in time” immersion in hands-on exploration and learning about life in the 18th century. This immersive program is one week long, from […]

History Camp!

Woman cooking over a fire
Date:
Time: to

This summer at the Homestead, we will be introducing young learners to what life was like as a Colonial settler with our Homestead History Program. This pilot program will be a “trip back in time” immersion in hands-on exploration and learning about life in the 18th century. This immersive program is one week long, from […]

Revolutionary War Encampment

Revolutionary War soldier firing a musket
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Location: 7 Commercial St, Rockport, ME 04856-5905

Come learn about Camden and Rockport early settlers at the time of the American Revolution. There will be tours of the 1770s Homestead, history talks, discussion of weapons and equipment of the soldiers (including musket loading and firing demonstrations), childrens’ games, open-hearth cooking and more!