Sunday, July 17 at 10 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont’s rural heritage, will celebrate National Ice Cream Day on Sunday, July 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can participate in making and sampling hand-cranked ice cream several times during the day, while learning the history and science of the “great American dessert.” Horse-drawn wagon rides will be on-going and children may join in making an ice cream cone headband and playing 19th century historic games. At 2 p.m. visitors are welcome to join in a “historic” baseball game played in the Billings’ fields or enjoy the games as spectators.
Admission to National Ice Cream Day includes all programs and activities, plus the operating dairy farm, farm life exhibits, and the restored and furnished 1890 Farm House. It is located one-half mile north of the Woodstock village green on Vermont Route 12, 5302 Old River Road.
For more information, contact 802-457-2355 or billingsfarm.org.
