Fredericksburg’s Founders Day set for May 12by Phil Houseal
Families can help Fredericksburg celebrate its anniversary at Founders Day, held this year on Saturday, May 12, at the Pioneer Museum on Main Street.
Frontier-style activities include demonstrations of blacksmithing, fence making, sheep shearing, and quilting and spinning. Kids can make rope, churn butter, milk a goat, and build toys out of clothespins. A chuckwagon chef will serve up homemade biscuits, cobble, and cowboy coffee.
All of the historic structures at the museum will be open for the public to visit. Local teacher Annabelle Wilkinson plans to lead pioneer school activities in the one-room White Oak School.
Lee Haile, cowboy poet, will sit on the porch steps spinning yarns and singing songs of the old west.
The event runs between noon and 4 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is the regular $4 museum ticket for ages 12 and up, with 11 and under getting in free. The traditional laying of the wreath honoring the community's founders takes place in Marktplatz at 10 a.m., and is free and open to the public.
The Pioneer Museum’s 3.5-acre site features nine buildings, including one of the first stores in Fredericksburg, a smokehouse, blacksmith shop, and an original Sunday House. Fredericksburg is known for celebrating its heritage every day, and visitors will find unique shopping, dining, sightseeing, and overnight accommodations within walking distance of the event grounds. Founders Day is a project of the Gillespie County Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve historic sites and objects in Gillespie County, while promoting interest in Texas history. More information is available by calling (830) 997-2835, or by visiting www. pioneermuseum.com.
Photo: Lee Haile will spin yarns and sing songs for young and old visiting the Pioneer Museum to celebrate Founders Day on May 12.
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