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David Crockett Birthday Celebration
Aug 12th, 2023
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Discovery Park of America will mark David Crockett’s 237th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023 with interactive activities, live demonstrations and musical entertainment. Discovery Park’s education team will offer a variety of programs on topics such as woodworking, fur trapping, outdoor cooking and more. Musical entertainment will be provided by Mulberry Jam, an acoustic old-time string band based in the Memphis area. Following the performance from Mulberry Jam is an instructional jam session for the entire community to enjoy.
Visitors will also find many other ways to experience David Crockett at Discovery Park that are at the museum and park all year long. Included is a statue dedicated to the frontiersman, a congressional exhibit in Liberty Hall at Freedom Square, a reproduction of Crockett’s portrait by John Gadsby Chapman, a replica of his first and fondest rifle, the Regional History Gallery telling the story of Northwest Tennessee, a 20,000-gallon aquarium and tanks featuring the wildlife of Reelfoot Lake, a one-of-a-kind Earthquake Simulator, the Native American Gallery, an 1800s Tennessee log cabin community, Mill Ridge featuring a working gristmill and the new forge and more.
Full schedule of events below:
All events will take place in The Settlement.
10:45 a.m. Outdoor Dutch Oven Cooking Demonstration
Emalee and Brad Buttrey
11:30 a.m. The History of Fur Trapping
By Micah Seavers owner/founder of Seavers Beavers and WHOA (Walking Humbly Outdoor Adventures)
12:30 p.m. Performance by Mulberry Jam
The Settlement
2 p.m. Community Jam Session led by Mulberry Jam
Learn more about the community jam session here.
This presentation is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment of the Arts and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
3 p.m. Woodworking Demonstrations
Discovery Park’s education team
All Day Activities (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
Woodworking in the Cabin
The Settlement
Operation of the Forge
Mill Ridge
Birds of Prey with Reelfoot Lake
Regional History Gallery
Demonstrations of traditional skills and crafts including candle and soap making and spinning and weaving
The Settlement
Demonstrations of traditional skills and crafts including candle and soap making and spinning and weaving
The Settlement
Flintkapping demonstrations from the Reelfoot Area Flintknappers
The Settlement