Celebrate Texas Independence at "Independence Eve"

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Apr 2024

Beef on the Brazos 2024

Beef on the Brazos 2024 – 04/15/2024 - 06/28/2024
12:00 am

Take home the cows or take home the cash!  Beef on the Brazos is a unique opportunity for a chance to own a herd of… Learn More>>


May 2024

Plows & Petticoats: A Woman's Role

Plows & Petticoats: A Woman's Role – 05/11/2024 - 05/12/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Learn what life was like for women in the 1850s! Sewing, cleaning, cooking, and childcare comprise the main elements of the “Domestic Sphere” of nineteenth… Learn More>>


Jun 2024

Before Freedom Came

Before Freedom Came – 06/01/2024 - 06/02/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Soon we’ll celebrate Juneteenth, when 250,000 women, men, and children would see freedom come to Texas! But before freedom came, enslaved women and men, like… Learn More>>


Judge Eddie E. Harrison Juneteenth Heritage Celebration

Judge Eddie E. Harrison Juneteenth Heritage Celebration – 06/08/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Washington on the Brazos is proud to celebrate Juneteenth as a part of Washington County’s long history of marking the end of slavery in Texas.… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Quarter

Cooking in the Quarter – 06/15/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, and Jake, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Cooking a hot meal… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Kitchen

Cooking in the Kitchen – 06/16/2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Experience the bustle of a busy plantation kitchen and take in the sights, sounds, and smells of a hearth cooked meal being prepared, and reflect… Learn More>>


 

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Texas Independence Day Celebration
03/03/2018 - 03/04/2018    
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
“Texas Independence Day Celebration” is an annual two-day living history celebration to commemorate when 59 delegates bravely met in 1836 to make a formal declaration [...]
Stagecoach Days
03/10/2018    
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Stagecoach Days allow visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via mule-driven stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection [...]
Making Hay
03/12/2018 - 03/16/2018    
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Visitors can watch staff mow the grass with a scythe, and then they can help with the raking, drying, mounding the hay into hay rows [...]
Living History Saturday
Travel back in time to where a nation was born in 1836.  On the third Saturday of each month, staff and volunteers dress in period [...]
Beasts of Burden
03/17/2018 - 03/18/2018    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Turning the fields over after they lied fallow during the winter, and plowing under green manure are rites of spring. See oxen and other draft [...]
Bluebonnets
03/18/2018 - 05/06/2018    
All Day
March through April is wildflower season at Washington on the Brazos. This photo-op paradise offers a safe alternative to pulling off the highway. The bountiful [...]
Flint & Steel, Spark of Life
03/24/2018    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Starting a fire was a critical skill in the 1850s since fire was the main tool for light, heat and food preparation. See how flint, [...]
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Stagecoach Days
10 Mar 18
Anderson
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Making Hay
12 Mar 18
Washington
Events on 03/17/2018
Living History Saturday
17 Mar 18
Washington
Beasts of Burden
17 Mar 18
Washington
Events on 03/18/2018
Bluebonnets
18 Mar 18
Washington
Events on 03/24/2018
Flint & Steel, Spark of Life
24 Mar 18
Washington

Since most events occur at least partially outside, guests should dress appropriately for the weather and uneven terrain. Programs and events are open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult.