19th Annual Colonial Craftsmen Weekend
October 12 & 13, 2013

Click here for a Printable Banner.

Click here to see last year's schedule of activities.

The Friends of Jerusalem Mill, in cooperation with the staff of Gunpowder Falls State Park, invite you to visit during our annual 18th century Colonial Craftsmen Weekend, when Jerusalem Mill Village hums with activities reminiscent of pre-Revolutionary War life. The event re-creates a rural 1770s market fair and encampment where goods can be bought, sold, or bartered, and where artisans and reenactors demonstrate age-old crafts and trades. Visitors will enjoy learning about life in David Lee's time and will also have the opportunity to purchase hand-made crafts and useful items for everyday life.

There are so many things to see and do!

Tour the historic mill village and the colonial tent town.

Meet and talk with living history interpreters.
Watch as meals are cooked over the fire or on the hearth.
Enjoy live period music.
Watch the blacksmith forge useful items and talk with the woodworkers as they build period furniture for the living history program.
Shop at the merchants' tents.
Enjoy Kids Kamp and period games.

It's a bit like Williamsburg, but a lot closer to home.

Please do not bring your pets to this event!

Event Hours
Friday, October 11, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for scheduled school groups only. Call 410-877-0080 to arrange a school group tour.

Saturday, October 12, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, October 13, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission fees directly support Friends of Jerusalem Mill outreach and preservation activities.

Admission to Colonial Craftsmen Weekend
Non-Members $7.00
Members and Seniors $5.00
Children, ages 6-16 $5.00
Children, age 5 and under Free
Scouts, if in uniform with accompanying adult and/or family member $3.00.
Family Price 2 adults with 3 or more children $25.00

This event is sponsored by Friends of Jerusalem Mill, in cooperation with Gunpowder Falls State Park, and is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Harford County Government through the Harford County Cultural Arts Board, and by local businesses who support the Village's activities with generous sponsorships.

Picture courtesy of Anna Scholl.