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28th Annual Zwanzigstein Fest July 7 at
Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Farm in Croghan
07/03/18 12:30pm
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    28th Annual Zwanzigstein Fest on Saturday, July 7, 2018
    Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Farm- 8778 Erie Canal Rd., Croghan, NY 13327
    10 AM until 4 PM

    Admission
    Adults: $5
    Children 18 and under: Free
    Free parking available.

    Activities and Demonstrations
    Baking (bread and cookies)
    Barn loom, carding, spinning, and stocking machine
    Blacksmithing
    Butter churning
    Chair caning
    Comforter tying
    Corn shelling
    Fiber arts (knitting, crocheting, embroidery, quilting, and tatting) - Dining Room
    Hayfork
    Horse plowing
    Horse shoeing
    Horse/wagon rides
    Hymn singing and musical groups (Down Home, Adirondack Community Chorus,
    Friends of God, etc.)
    Petting zoo
    Children's artist, popcorn shelling, games, etc.
    Painting
    Popcorn making
    Rope Splicing
    Sheep shearing
    Soap making
    Taffy pull
    Washboard
    Woodworking

    Displays
    Antique Tractors
    Barn - old farm equipment, tools, sleigh cutter, etc.
    Granary - barn quilts
    House - tour of rooms, view display cases and old-fashioned wedding dresses,
    archival area (special tour), etc.
    Wooden Bowls
    Mennonite Disaster Service

    Stories
    "Be Like Living Stones" - Parlor
    Mennonite Central Committee - meat canner project in April

    Tours
    Kirschnerville Cemetery
    Walking trail in the woods

    Vendors and Other
    Martin’s Pretzels
    Moser’s Maples LLC
    The Market Place
    Silent Auction

    Home-cooked meals, grilled foods, baked goods, apple fritters, Croghan
    bologna, homemade ice cream, and much more.

    We are always looking for volunteers to help throughout the day. If you would
    like to help for an hour or two at one of our booths, please call 315-376-2792 or
    e-mail schwartznb@yahoo.com.

    Zwanzigstein means "Twenty Stones." This name comes from when God led
    Joshua and the Israelites over the Jordan River. When they were safely across,
    the Lord said to Joshua that the twelve chosen men, one from each tribe, were
    to take a stone from the middle of the Jordan, carry it out, and pile them up as a
    monument at the place where they camped that night. In the future, when their
    children asked, "What is this monument for," they could tell them it is to remind
    them of God's amazing miracle. All nations of the earth will realize Jehovah is
    the mighty God and all will worship him forever.

    As our forefathers (twenty families) traveled from Europe to settle here, they,
    too, must have realized the mighty hand of God and truly worshiped him. When
    our children ask, we can tell them of this mighty God.

    And so Zwanzigstein.

    The purpose of the Zwanzigstein Fest is to preserve, celebrate, and accurately
    portray our religious and cultural heritage in Lewis County. Since 1991 the
    Heritage Farm has provided the site for visitors to learn about our Anabaptist
    faith legacy and rural life of years past through stories, exhibits, tours,
    demonstrations, and fundraising venues such as foods and crafts.