Apple-Bee

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STEP BACK IN TIME
WITH A TRADITIONAL APPLE-BEE
 
St. Charles, Ill. The Durant-Peterson House Museum in St. Charles is hosting a traditional Apple-Bee on Saturday, September 16 at 4p.m. An Apple-Bee was a day-long gathering of family and neighbors to peel and process the fall harvest of apples while also enjoying food, drink, dancing, and games.
 
Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley, a St. Charles, Ill. nonprofit, is organizing this event to raise funding for its work with local museum and heritage education. The Apple-Bee will take place on the lawn of the Durant-Peterson House Museum and include tours of the house, drinks, live folk music, heirloom apple tastings, and games. Apple peeling will not be required.
 
Docents in period dress will lead tours of the house, apple peel readings, and period games such as skittles where each player spins a top to knock down as many pegs as possible, and pumpkin tic-tac-toe to help create an immersive experience. Tickets start at $35 per person and charcuterie boxes from Chi-Cuterie of Geneva can be purchased in addition to the ticket. Fundraising activities will include a silent auction of experiences such as a cocktail party at the Fabyan Villa Museum, art, wine, and more, a raffle for items such as hot sauce making kit, heirloom apple basket, and more, and a wine pull.
 
The Durant-Peterson House Museum is located inside the LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve at 37W700 Dean Street in St. Charles, Ill. The house was built in 1843 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Photo credit: “Fall Games,” The Third Volume of Harper’s Weekly: The Year 1859 (New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers) November 26, 1859, 762, Archive.org.