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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Old Sturbridge Village


*The event has already taken place on this date: Mon, 01/15/2024
As a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, AmeriCorps team members will bring several special programs to the Village on Monday, January 15, 2024. Start your visit to the Village in the Visitor Center, where you can contribute to our “I Have a Dream” cloud, visit a table with community and social service resources, and chat with AmeriCorps members about community story quilts. You can even design your own square to add to a community quilt on display! In the Quaker Meetinghouse, join us for story time, featuring the books Miss Crandall’s School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson, Mumbet’s Declaration of Independence by Gretchen Woefle, and A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson. At the Center Meetinghouse, listen to a reading of an excerpt of a sermon by 19th-century minister and reformer Theodore Parker and watch a screening of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech during the March on Washington. AmeriCorps members and Village staff will lead a discussion after the screening. Stay tuned for a more detailed schedule!

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

There will also be a FREE hearth cooking workshop for youth (6-17) in the Museum Education Building where participants will work with AmeriCorps members to bake Malinda Russell gingerbread. Limited spaces are available for this workshop; pre-registration is required. Participants will meet at the Sawmill in the Village and walk to the workshop location with an AmeriCorps team member. 

Sign up for Workshop at 1:00 p.m. (Group A)

Sign up for Workshop at 1:00 p.m. (Group B)

Sign up for Workshop at 2:00 p.m. 

In honor of MLK Day of Service and our local community, Old Sturbridge Village is offering FREE standard daytime admission for residents of the towns in the Old Sturbridge Academy school district: Brimfield, Brookfield, East Brookfield, North Brookfield, Holland, Monson, Palmer, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Wales, and Webster. Adults must provide proof of town residency. 


*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

1 Old Sturbridge Village Road
Sturbridge, MA, 01566
United States

Phone:

(508) 347-3362
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The event has already taken place on this date: 
01/15/2024
Time: 
9:30AM - 4:00PM
Price: 
Included with standard daytime admission or Village membership. FREE for residents of the Old Sturbridge Academy district

Ages

All Ages Adults & kids together Adults without kids