GAINESVILLE - Many of the exhibitors and vendors at this weekend's Mule Camp Market in downtown Gainesville offer a step back into time - demonstrating what life was like in north Georgia many years ago.
And, as the festival winds down Sunday afternoon, the Northeast Georgia History Center will also be stepping back in time - way back, focusing on an event that occurred nearly a thousand years ago and thousands of miles away from north Georgia.
It’s Family Day event, "1066 - The Year of Three Kings," will showcase a fateful day 949 years ago, complete with a medieval weapons demonstration.
Admission is free for the three-hour program, which revolves around The Battle of Hastings, which occurred Oct. 14, 1066.
"1066 - The Year of the Three Kings" will showcase that fateful day with Living History Interpretation and the exhibition of a full size replica of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the Battle of Hastings. Exhibited in partnership with the University of North Georgia (UNG), this full size Tapestry replica is one of only four in the world. Along with guided tours of the Tapestry, interpreters will demonstrate 11th century arms and armor and aspects of 11th century daily life on the History Center Grounds, while docents will provide hands-on activities for families in the Education Center.
Schedule
1:00pm – 4:00pm Ongoing Interpretation
Indoors
Land of Promise Gallery – Bayeux Tapestry exhibit, tours every 20 minutes beginning 1pm
Founders Hall – 1066: The Year of Three Kings panel exhibit
Education Center – Hands-on Activities: Tapestry Coloring, Tapestry Stitching/Embroidering, Make your own Shield/Helmet, Trying on Clothes/Armor
Outdoors
Amphitheatre – King Harold’s Army
Cabin – Anglo-Scandinavian & Norman Hearth Skills/Cooking
Fire pit – Duke William’s and Harald Hardrada’s Armies
Scheduled Program
2:30pm – Medieval Weapons Demonstration in Amphitheatre
