The 49th Annual Strawberry Festival continues a long summer tradition at the Middletown Springs Historical Society on Sunday, June 23, from 2 pm- 4 pm. The festival includes a craft fair, live music, a new exhibit about Dana S. Carpenter (1863-1940) business entrepreneur and popular citizen of Middletown Springs, and a related children’s program.
Strawberry lovers are invited to the Historical Society building on the green in Middletown Springs for delicious strawberry shortcake made with fresh Vermont berries, homemade biscuits, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, with a choice of iced tea, lemonade, or hot coffee. Berries will also be available for sale by the quart.
Local artists and craftspeople will display and sell their work, including maple products, jewelry, photography, knitted items, honey and beeswax products. There will be live music during the event, and a variety of items will be raffled off.
The festival marks the opening of a new exhibit in the Historical Society’s museum, “Dana Carpenter, A Man for All Seasons”, featuring photographs, artifacts, and written accounts of Carpenter’s career as a botanist, pharmacist, photographer, and active citizen.
A special program for children attending the festival will be creating botanical prints by pressing flowers and plant materials. Admission to the museum and the children’s program are free.
For more information about the event, contact Pat Hemenway
at 235-2421 or David Wright at 235-2376.
The museum is open on Sundays, 2- 4 pm, June through October, or by appointment. The famous middletown springs still flow every day, year round, in the Mineral Springs Park, located nearby. For more information about museum events and exhibits and the history of Middletown Springs, visit the new website at www.mshsvt.org.
