Winter at Updike Farmstead.
The Historical Society of Princeton is set to celebrate the first day of winter at Updike Farmstead.
Festivities are scheduled for 12 to 4 p.m. Dec. 21. Visitors can explore the six acre grounds and browse museum galleries in the renovated late 18th century farmhouse.
At 12:11 p.m., the exact time of the Winter Solstice, there will be a story time for children featuring Denise Fleming’s The First Day of Winter.
Families can participate throughout the day in a Signs of Winter scavenger hunt.
At the top of each hour there will be a slideshow of snow scenes from HSoP’s archives.
At 1 p.m., there will be a 90 minute guided walking tour of Stony Brook. The tour will trace part of the route followed by George Washington and his troops on their way to engage British soldiers at the neighboring Thomas Clarke at Princeton Battlefield.
This is the last opportunity to see Call to Action: How a President Used Art to Sway a Nation, an exhibition of World War I propaganda posters. Also on view is A Morning at Updike Farmstead: Photographs by the Princeton Photography Club, paintings by the A-TEAM artists of Trenton and two galleries dedicated to the history of the Farmstead and the Princeton Battlefield/Stony Brook Settlement Historic District.
Admission is $4.
Starting in 2014, the Farmstead will be open from 12 to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday each month. HSoP will offer themed activities. The theme for Jan. 4 is The Battle of Princeton, which took place on January 3, 1777.
The Updike Farmstead is located at 354 Quaker Road, Princeton.
More information is online at princetonhistory.org.
