Hillsborough History Alive
Dates: August 17th – 18th, 2019 (shifts also available on 16th & 19th)
Event Organization: Hillsborough History Alive. 603-464-0377 info@historyalivenh.org
Address: 20 East Washington Rd, Hillsboro, NH 03244 & 44 Jones Road, Hillsboro, NH 03244
Hours Reporting: There will NOT be a GSA manager on site. You will sign-up, coordinate and report to their managers. You will report your own hours to NHGSA.
Uniform: Some jobs require period dress. For those that don’t, please wear your GSA uniform unless the Event Organizers require you wear their uniform.
How to sign up: https://historyalivenh.org/volunteer/
Event Overview:
French and Indian war, Revolutionary War, and Civil War battles will be reenacted in the woods and fields. Explore the various re-enactor encampments including sutlers who will be displaying and selling their wares.
Saturday evening, join us for a living evening celebrating the dances of Revolutionary and pre-Civil War New England.
Life in an early New Hampshire village is made real by attempting daily activities common long ago including: churning butter, making soap, splitting stones, using a wash tub and walking through a tiny community that looks very much like it did nearly 200 years ago. Children of all ages will enjoy contests and skill building exercises and can win a prize by undertaking a village-wide scavenger hunt based on an historic quilt design.
Volunteer:
Thank you for considering volunteering to make this event a success. We literally can’t do it without people like you. We’ve split up the jobs into multiple shifts this year to hopefully keep people from getting burned out from having to be there all day both days, etc. But, we are hoping that you will sign up for multiple shifts, maybe moving from one activity to another to give you some variety and also a break between jobs.
Volunteer Positions:
Breakfast at Jones Road
Set-up Crew
Miscellaneous / Coordinator Assistant
Traffic Control / Parking
Arts & Crafts
Butter Making
Center Club Assistant
Congregational church Monitor / Tour
Games
Gold Prospecting Assistant
Ice Cream Making
Laundry Reenactor / Demonstration
Lookout Tower Replica Tour Guide / Walk
Schoolhouse Docent / Reenactor
Ticket Booth
Tour Guide / Docent
Town Pound / Animal Assistant
Trash Duty
Weaving Reeactor / Demonstration
Cider Making
Exhibit: Post Office & Weaving
Exhibit: Quaker / Underground Railroad
Food Vendor Assistant
