Shop for holiday gifts created by local artists and artisans. 15105 Library Lane, New Berlin.ġ6th Street Studios: Open House, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Christmas ornaments and crafts, book sale and nut sale. New Berlin Library: Nutcracker Sweets, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Holiday music, with Santa arriving by fire truck. Hales Corners Library: Village Tree Lighting Ceremony, 6 p.m. Caledonia Historical Village, 7330 5 Mile Road, Racine. Shop for cookies, breads, candies and pies, and artist Sherry Lou will have jewelry, wood carvings, quilts, and outdoor décor available for purchase. N70-W6340 Bridge Road, Cedarburg, (262) 377-8020.Ĭaledonia Historical Society: Christmas Bake Sale and Gift Boutique, 4-7 p.m. Holiday music by David HB Drake, complimentary cookies and cider, wine, with ornament making and cookie decorating for the kids. Broadway.Ĭedar Creek Settlement: “Santa’s Workshop” Festive Friday Eve, 5-8 p.m. Old-fashioned tree lighting ceremony in Catalano Square, with music, reindeer, hot cocoa, Santa and cookie sale. Historic Third Ward: Christmas in the Ward, 5:30-8:30 p.m. John Evangelical Lutheran Church: Kolache, Bake, and Craft Sale, 9 a.m.-noon Dec. Rides are round trip, two hours in length, and include a visit with Santa. (608) 756-4509.Įast Troy Railroad Museum: Christmas Trains depart Nov. View Christmas trees and décor, with additional evergreens decorated outside the mansion. Special holiday week hours from noon to 7 p.m. Open Thursdays through Sundays, (closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day), from noon to 7 p.m. Lincoln-Tallman House: Rock County Historical Society’s Holiday Tree Show, Nov. View historically decorated Christmas trees and decor on daytime tours, and evening open houses with traditional Christmas carols. Hearthstone Historic House Museum: “The Holly and the Ivy” Victorian Christmas, Nov. Purchase raffle tickets to win the trees and holiday decorations, and shop in the Holiday Gift Shop. Durkee Mansion theme is “Starry Woodland Nights,” with decorations either handmade or antique. Kemper Center: Gallery of Trees and Durkee Mansion tours, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Advance reservation required for daily tours. View hand-crafted gingerbread houses, sculptures and original handiworks created by local schools and community groups. Pick a fresh cut tree, wreath and shop the gift market of handmade crafts from local artisans. See /listener for privacy information.Inspiration Acres: Christmas Trees & Gift Market, Nov. If you like the show, please rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Paul's Chapel, a lasting reminder not only of the Great Fire of 1776 but of an even greater disaster which occurred almost exactly 225 years later. His name was Nathan Hale, and his fate would intersect with the disastrous events of that perilous night. Meanwhile, underneath this sinister story is another, smaller drama - that of a young man on a spy mission, sent by Washington into enemy territory. But was it actually set on purpose - on the orders of George Washington? Some reports state that the fire started accidentally in the tavern fireplace. The drunken revelers inside the tavern were unable to stop the blaze, and it soon raged into a dangerous inferno, spreading up the west side of Manhattan.
This is a reedited, remastered version of an episode that we recorded in 2015.Ī little after midnight on September 21, 1776, the Fighting Cocks Tavern on Whitehall Street caught on fire. On the occasion of the 245th anniversary of the Revolutionary War in New York City, we revisit the story of the Great Fire of 1776, the drumbeat of war leading up to the disaster, and the tragic story of the American patriot Nathan Hale.