Sutter's Fort "A Simple Emigrant Christmas" & "Candlelight Tours" -- 12/14!‏

Calendar Announcement

What:          
Hands on History:  A Simple Emigrant Christmas & Candlelight Tours -- Two Events in One Day!

Where:        
Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park
2701 L Street, Sacramento

When:          
Saturday, December 14, 2013

Times:          
A Simple Emigrant Christmas -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Candlelight Tours -- 6:30 to 9 p.m.
                                     
Cost:    
A Simple Emigrant Christmas -- $7 per adult, $5 per youth (ages 6-17), free for children 5 years and under
Candlelight Tours -- $17 per person

For Info:      
Call 916-445-4422 or visit www.suttersfort.org
 
To help get Fort visitors in a festive holiday spirit, Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park (SHP) has two interactive and fun “Hands on History” events scheduled on one very special day in December!  Throughout the day, Fort visitors will step back in time to holidays past with festive, hands-on activities such as dipping candles, making cornhusk dolls and crafting holiday ornaments as part of special “A Simple Emigrant Christmas” activities.   Friends and families are encouraged to visit the Fort to enjoy docents in period attire as they interpret and demonstrate a variety of early holiday traditions and cultural activities similar to what early emigrants did in the 1840s.  Then, when darkness falls and lends a bit of mystery to the Fort, guests will see Sutter’s Fort in a new light -- by candlelight! Providing an alluring new perspective for visitors, Sutter’s Fort offers evening tours by candlelight.  Guides will lead small groups of visitors into the Fort’s more intimate rooms for intriguing glimpses into the private lives of those who uprooted their families for a better life in early California.  Fort visitors will overhear conversations such as families discussing opportunity or possible devastation in their new homes, husbands debating with wives, mothers re-assuring their children about life in rough and tumble Sacramento, tradesmen negotiating business, all surrounded by the night sky allowing visitors to travel back in time as city lights fade from view. Don’t miss the two “Hands on History” events happening at Sutter’s Fort SHP on one special day in December.  For more information please call 916-445-4422 or visit www.suttersfort.org

About Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park

Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is operated by California State Parks with financial assistance from the nonprofit Friends of Sutter’s Fort.  Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Located in midtown Sacramento on L Street between 26th and 28th Streets, the Fort offers monthly “Hands on History” activities and special events throughout the year. Established in 1839 by Swiss immigrant John Augustus Sutter, Sutter’s Fort was at the center of a flourishing agricultural empire named New Helvetia (New Switzerland.) This empire established Sacramento’s earliest settlement and the first European settlement in California’s Central Valley. For more information, call (916) 445-4422 or visit www.suttersfort.org