Today, another reminder about a great family event being hosted by the Webster Museum this weekend, on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. It’s called the Celebrating America 250 Festival, an opportunity to honor our nation while exploring the rich history right here in our own backyard.
The festival will highlight Webster’s agricultural, business, educational and pioneer history, giving residents a chance to learn more about the people, places and stories that helped shape our town.
You’ll start your historical tour by picking up a bag of pennies at the museum entrance. Then stroll through the museum and parking lot (weather permitting) to experience almost two dozen displays and hands-on “old-timey” activities. Each one will cost one cent.
For example, you can:
- taste some dried apples and vote for your favorite apple variety
- learn to make a friendship quilt
- practice your letters on a slate in the one-room schoolhouse (be the first to find the mouse in plain sight!)
- peer through a stereoscope (which is kind of like a View-Master)
- play with some vintage toys and try some pioneer games
- learn to make butter in the kitchen
- buy some penny candy at Witmer’s Variety Store
- get an ice cream cone at the Candy Kitchen
There will also be several other special activities, including a performance by the Genesee Country Fiddlers, a Children’s Broomstick Drill led by Michael Grenier (at 1 p.m.), a student art display, a skit about “How Webster Became Webster,” and a cake-cutting by Town Supervisor Alex Scialdone (at 2 p.m.).
And as a special treat, the museum has created a new display for their 8,000-year old wooly mammoth molar, so you can check that out and read about where it was found in Webster.
The museum folk continue to add more exhibits and activities, so plan to arrive early, stay late, and celebrate our town’s — and our nation’s — rich history. It all happens this Saturday Oct. 4 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Webster Museum, 18 Lapham Park in the Village of Webster. Admission to he event is free.
Basically, this is a great opportunity for the whole family to get better acquainted with the Webster Museum, while having a lot of fun learning about our town’s history.
(Militia photo credit: Joe Altieri)
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(posted 9/29/2026)
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