Herkimer Sugaring Off Festival Now in 38th Year in Little Falls!

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It is one of Upstate’s longest Springtime festivals!

The Herkimer Home Historic Site in Little Falls (Herkimer County) will host its annual family Sugaring Off Festival on the weekend of April 13-14th.

Since 1796, Sugaring Off has been one of Central New York’s sweetest goodbyes to winter and the tastiest harbingers of spring.  This great family social event has hundreds of happy visitors who join costumed staff and volunteers in recreating the taste, aroma, and spirit of a colonial maple sugaring bee. There will be displays of sap boiling, coopering, Militia drilling, quilting, making jack wax, taking wagon rides andviewing  a raid on a sugarbush!

Click here to see images from past festivals!

ESSENTIALS

Where: Herkimer Home State  Historic Site, 200 Rte. 169S, Little Falls, NY

When:  April 13, 14 2013

Time:  9 a.m. to evening event

Website:  http://herkimerhomeacademy-org.webs.com/sugaring-off

About "Big Chuck"

Hi folks, this is "Big Chuck" here. I love Upstate New York! I have written several books about the region, do a lot of public speaking around the state, am an award-winning radio broadcaster (since 1989), write a bi-monthly newspaper column and give walking tours of Cooperstown, N.Y. Yes, I do keep busy! I hope we can share some Upstate stories on this blog! If you would like to take a look at my series of Upstate New York books visit www.upstatenewyorkbooks.vpweb.com
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