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SUMMARY:Exhibit—The Road to Liberty
DESCRIPTION:The Men\, Women\, and Moments That Forged the United States\nThrough December 2026\nJohn Edward Smith Gallery (Kemin Cultivation Center)\nIncluded with General Admission\nA unique exhibit of historical portraits that come alive when you scan the QR codes! \nMeet the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the women of the Revolution\, and view key scenes from the battle for U.S. Independence. \nSample—Betsy Ross\n \nCreated by the White House and Prager U \n\n—SUPPORTING SPONSOR—\nThe 801 Group at Morgan Stanley
URL:https://www.lhf.org/event/road-to-liberty/
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SUMMARY:Exhibit—The State of Water
DESCRIPTION:Our Most Valuable Resource\nJune 16–August 11\nJohn Edward Smith Gallery (Kemin Cultivation Center)\nIncluded with General Admission\nOnly 0.007 percent of the planet’s water is available to fuel and feed its 8 billion people. Brad Temkin’s photography puts visitors face-to-face with the systems and techniques that deliver our most valuable natural resource. In doing so\, the exhibition encourages us to see water conservation as a process we can all get involved in. \nWater stands as the most important chemical compound used by humans daily\, and polling shows many Americans care deeply about water quality. But despite highly visible water crises—like the high lead levels in Flint\, Michigan\, and scarcity within the Navajo Nation—the quality and safety of drinking water often are taken for granted. It comes out of a faucet or a fountain\, initiated by an easy turn of the knob or push of a button. In truth\, that water has taken a much longer and complicated journey to reach us\, having traveled through a vast network of systems that most of us will never see. \nIn The State of Water: Our Most Valuable Resource\, Guggenheim award-winning photographer Brad Temkin continues his longstanding attention to our relationship with nature—how we appreciate and accommodate it\, and how it accommodates us. Temkin’s pictures celebrate ideas in water and wastewater engineering design\, showing the inventiveness in architecture and infrastructure necessary to meet our needs and to accommodate nature. \nA Program of ExhibitsUSA\, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance\nand The National Endowment for the Arts\n\n—PRESENTING SPONSOR—
URL:https://www.lhf.org/event/exhibit-the-state-of-water/
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SUMMARY:Independence Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate July 4th the old-fashioned way!\nSaturday\, July 4 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m.\nAll activities included with General Admission\nCelebrate a historic Independence Day in the town of Walnut Hill. 1876 marks the first centennial of the United States\, and Living History Farms’ Independence Day activities truly show what this day meant to those in the 19th century—a day of family fun and games. Join us for games\, crafts\, a parade\, and more! \nHistoric Baseball & America’s Potluck\nStarting at 3:30 p.m. • FREE\n \nBring a picnic and a blanket or chair for the most American of pastimes! We play by 1876 rules\, wearing period uniforms. After the game\, try your own turn at bat.
URL:https://www.lhf.org/event/independence-day/
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SUMMARY:Reading of the Declaration of Independence
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the first public reading on July 8\, 1776\nWednesday\, July 8 • 3 p.m. • Church of the Land\nJuly 4\, 1776\, is the date etched into our national memory as the day the Second Continental Congress approved our Declaration of Independence. Four days later\, the document creating a new country was read aloud in public for the first time\, by Colonel John Nixon at the State House Yard in Philadelphia. \nOn July 8\, 2026\, Americans in all 50 U.S. states and 16 territories will read the Declaration of Independence aloud at state capitols\, city halls\, county and municipal buildings\, schools\, libraries\, community centers\, parks\, and museums. Living History Farms is honored to welcome the Daughters of the American Revolution\, Sons of the American Revolution\, and Children of the American Revolution for this semiquincentennial event. Join us as we peal the church bell and hear the Declaration proudly read\, just as the residents of Philadelphia did 250 years ago. \nIncluded with General Admission. \nImage: Detail from “Reading the Declaration of Independence by John Nixon\, from the steps of Independence Hall\, Philadelphia\, July 8\, 1776\,” by Edwin Austin Abbey\, 1889 \n\n\n 
URL:https://www.lhf.org/event/reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence/
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SUMMARY:Grain Harvest + 'Tractor Wars 2'
DESCRIPTION:Our original community event!\nSaturday\, July 25 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m.\nAll activities included with General Admission\n\nEvery year since 1970\, we’ve invited guests to help us bring in the harvest using methods from centuries past. A key part of the harvest was threshing\, or separating seeds from stalks. \n1850 Pioneer Farm: Try threshing by hand with an old-fashioned flail\, 9:30–11 a.m. and 1–4 p.m. \n1900 Farm: Demonstrations of a gasoline-powered thresher\, 10–11 a.m. and 1–4 p.m. \nBe sure to allow time for the tractor cart ride to and from the farm sites \nWalnut Hill: Tractor parade\, 12:30 p.m. \n\nScreening of the Iowa PBS documentary “Tractor Wars 2”\nLearning Center\, 11 a.m. \n\nPanel discussion celebrating the International Year of the Woman Farmer\nLearning Center\, noon
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