Waterford Historical Society (CT)
On November 8, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Dirty Blue Shirts living historians return to our Jordan Green historic buildings with a strong focus on the Thanksgiving holiday: What that meant for our mid-19th-century Waterford ancestors: food, family, gratitude for what they had, remembering those who were gone, charity for those who had less.
Highlights of the day:
- Hearth cooking in the Beebe-Phillips House.
- The antique cider press in action in Stacy Barn; sip fresh cider from a local farm.
- Enter historic buildings to learn about what life in Waterford was like "way back then."
- See inside Stacy Barn, filled with farming equipment from Waterford's agricultural past.
- Visit the popular, bustling blacksmith shop, open for observation and purchases of hand-forged items.
- Buy fresh baked sourdough pumpkin bread and Hermit Cookies from an 1850s recipe, provided by cottage bakers Dove Hill Farm.
- Buy a ticket to win a beautiful print of a watercolor "Graniteville," said to be a haunted mansion.
- Listen to the Nutmeg Fife & Drum Corps perform on Jordan Green at 1 p.m.!
In the true spirit of Thanksgiving, PLEASE remember to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Waterford Food Bank!
The event is free and open to the public. Donations to the Waterford Historical Society are gratefully accepted!