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Revolutionary Times at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum participates in the community-wide Revolutionary Times weekend with a special presentation. – Join Carrie Fellows, Executive Director Sunday, April 17 at 2:30pm for “A Day in the Life of a Morristown Woman,” a program that takes the visitor back to the late eighteenth and early ninetieth centuries to discover how ordinary women from that time typically spent their days.   Illustrated with woodcuts and images from the period, and highlighted with excerpts from the Macculloch family archives, Fellows will draw comparisons between everyday life in a time before running water and electricity – and how these modern “conveniences” have changed both our daily routine and our standards. Learn about sustainable living in the early 1800s, when the Maccullochs produced much of their own food on their 26-acre farm.  George Macculloch, whose family story is shared at the museum, bought the property from General John Doughty, a member of George Washington’s staff during the Revolutionary War. Doughty was Morristown’s largest landowner in 1810. After the program, tour the historic house and see George Washington’s original (1789) Thanksgiving Proclamation. This document shows how with the approval of Congress, George Washington proclaimed the first official Thanksgiving observance to be held on Thursday, November 26. This typeset broadside is one of five known existing copies in the United States. 

Visitors will also have a chance to visit the current exhibit in the upstairs gallery, Coming of Age:  Early American Silversmiths; Masters, Apprentices, Trade Partners and Taste which explores the relationships between various makers in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, the centers of 18th century American silver making.

Macculloch Hall's Offices are open Monday - Friday - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The Museum is open for tours to the general public Wednesdays, Thursdays & Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The last tickets for admission are sold at 3 p.m.  Admission is $6 Adults; $5 Seniors and Students; 12 years and under and museum members are free.

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