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Join us on Fanny's Weekend for family fun with crafts, games, and activities. FREE FOR VERMONT RESIDENTS.Crafts, Games, & Family Activities 10-2 both days.
Guest speakers from 2-3 both days.
Annual Flax Harvest 12-1 both days.
Click here for a full schedule: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xmgD-Ebyyl2BeechAvKA_30ooIXTQBOhv51sBYOoL78/edit?usp=sharing Please note this schedule is subject to change.
ABOUT FANNY
Fanny Montresor Buchanan Allen Penniman was a strong 18th-century woman, and co-authored the oldest known book of botany created in Vermont, now in storage at the Pringle Herbarium at the University of Vermont. She was also a strong mother to eight children, six of which spent at least some of their childhood here on Fanny's Burlington homestead. Fanny was intelligent, creative, resourceful, and persistent. In Fanny's honor, we are hosting a full weekend all about Fanny, plants & flowers, and family fun. Everything this weekend is completely free for Vermont residents!
Family fun activities are part of Chittenden County Historical
Society’s 60th Anniversary is being supported by these local partners:
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Vermont Historical Records Program
Vermont Historical Society
Vermont Abenaki Artist Association
Vermont State Archives
Vermont Archaeology Society
Essex Community Historical Society
Gary Irish
Burlington History & Culture Center
Heritage Winooski Mill Museum
Abenaki Helping Abenaki
Birds of Vermont Museum
Winooski Historical Society
...more may be added
(Please note that Pathway to Plant and Cunning Folk Apothecary had to cancel their programming due to a family emergency).
Guest speakers include:
Saturday: Wes Testo, Director of the Pringle Herbarium at the University of Vermont, on the topic of Vermont’s first oldest botany collection by Fanny Allen Penniman & Adelia Penniman
Sunday: “Vermont: The State with an Outsized Influence on our Country” by Jim Douglas, former Vermont Governor
Refreshments served at both talks.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, VT, United States, Vermont 05408
