11:30 a.m.
Canoe Burning
Visit the Woodland Indian Hamlet and learn how the Yacocomico created canoes without metal tools, and how fire could be a most valuable tool.
(Duration: approximately 20 minutes)
12:30 p.m.
Candle Making
Sometimes, in our contemporary times, we take it for granted how we can control light after the sun sets. Come to the Town Center fire pit and experience how wax candles can be made and learn why they were preferred.
(Duration: approximately 30 minutes)
1:30 p.m.
Gunnery: Cannons and Communication
Learn how and why the crew of Maryland Dove uses the ship’s cannons and why they are called murtherers.
Warning: This will be loud
(Duration: approximately 20 minutes)
2:30 p.m.
17th-Century Cooking
How would you prepare food and drink without a refrigerator, stove, or microwave? Stop in at the Godiah Spray Plantation to compare and contrast bachelor-style cooking at the Tenant House with the cooking that would have been done by the Main House family and servants over 300 years ago.
(Duration: approximately 20 minutes)