Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/20/2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: Free

NOTE THIS EVENT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED

Location
McConnell Springs

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• Age Range
• Babies
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• Elementary
• Free
• History
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• Outdoor Activity
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• Preschoolers
• Sponsored Events
• Teens
• Toddlers

Celebrate Lexington’s official “birthday” at the annual Founders’ Day celebration and experience the frontier life of 1775 for yourself. Concessions are available on-site, with proceeds benefiting McConnell Springs programs.

Activities for the day include:

• Traditional live music and dance;
• Guided tours of the park’s 27 acres of woodland trails;
• Colonial crafts such as woodworking, quilt making, weaving and gun-smithing;
• Exhibits of colonial tools and Indian artifacts;
• Demonstrations of pioneer cooking and blacksmithing;
• A special frontier living history area around the primitive log cabin; and
• Children’s activities include bow & arrow, tomahawk throw, and pioneer kids toys and games.

Two hundred forty-seven years ago Lexington and the surrounding Bluegrass was a woodland paradise for pioneers seeking freedom and land of their own. William McConnell and a surveying party were camping down by the Springs when word came of the Battle of Lexington and the start of the Revolutionary War. In honor of that event, the explorers decided to name our community Lexington, and did so in 1779 when the town was founded. This year, in honor of that surveying party, we have a special presentation on the frontier surveyors. Experience frontier life of 1775 for yourself! Founders’ Day is held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be traditional musical entertainment; colonial crafts such as woodworking, quilt making, weaving & gunsmithing. Exhibits of colonial tools & Indian artifacts.

This is a FREE family event, come spend the day! We have invited a food truck for your lunch. As always, a rain or shine event; sunscreen, rain gear and insect repellent may be needed.

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