On With the Show

This years show date is drawing nearer and final preparations are under way with any loose ends to be discussed at the August 19th Chapter meeting.

Ken will be working with the Jefferson County Prison Orange Patrol to move tables and arrange the buildings in advance but we will need some help on Thursday evening beginning at 5:00 pm to help set up the Atlatl event.

Exhibitor set-up the day of the show begins at 7 am and help is always needed throughout the day to assist with the Atlatl event and help in the building. If the weather forecast is to be exceptionally hot and you have a portable floor fan and extension cord, please bring it to help ventilate the buildings.

Bring your atlatls! We will again be having the open atlatl competition and this event always provides a great time and a real education for beginners and experienced throwers alike.

If you haven’t registered you still can! We can always use new exhibitors with collections big and small so invite your friends with area collectors. Remember that everyone is welcome to sell reproductions, art, books, prints, or other items related to the artifact hobby, but the sale of authentic Native American artifacts is prohibited. We have also asked the gun vendors not to sell artifacts as part of their sales. Food will be available throughout the day.

Harrisburg Museums Tour

Chapter members are invited to go along on the August 20th JCHC sponsored bus trip to Harrisburg visiting the Pennsylvania State Museum, National Civil War Museum and a guided tour of the State Capitol.

Among the historical treasurers in the State Museum is an entire exhibit hall chronicling the PA’s Native American past with thousands of artifacts and excellent interpretation of archaeology. The newest attraction to the museum is the fully mounted mastodon skeleton.

The National Civil War Museum claims to be the only museum in the United States that portrays the entire American Civil War in equally balanced presentations are humanistic in nature without bias to Union or Confederate causes.

To reserve your seats contact the Jefferson County History Center at (814) 849-0077 or email to kburkett-jchc@windstream.net