I might have to iron my knee breeches and vest. "Attendees are encouraged to dressin period attire, but that is optional." "Staff will be dressed in 18th-century period clothing," Applegate said. ![]() For non-imbibers, there's ginger beer, cider, water, coffee and tea.Tavern tabletop games will include Old Tavern Shooters, Fox and Geese, Nine Men’s Morris, Triangle Solitaire and iron-forged puzzles made by a blacksmith. We will also have smoked cheeses, meats and nuts to nibble on."įiddle player Alex Brown will set the mood, as guests sip drinks such as Scotch punch Cherry Bounce, Bloody Dirk Shrub, 1775 Rum Punch and beer. "To the best of our research, we will be using similar receipts (18th-century term for recipes) for the food served. "We will be serving various tavern food, such as meat pies, white pot pudding, cheese wafers, ginger cakes and brandy pound cake," Brenda Applegate, executive director of the Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation, said. ![]() The Freedom historical site offers cocktails, games and live fiddle music at a Colonial Tavern Night on April 15. School field trips to the Vicary Mansion never looked like this.
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