2022 HISTORIC BRISTOL DAY *INTRO
By Cate Murway
“46th Historic Bristol Day on Saturday, October 15, 2022 will be dedicated to Catherine McCarry, a beloved lifelong Bristol Borough resident who was a former board member of BCHF and HBD chairperson,” confirmed chairpersons, Mary Gesualdi and Nicholas A. Rizzo.
Brake for Bristol Day from 10:00 –4:00 PM for the 46th Annual HBD, sponsored by the Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation, celebrating its rich history. Come for a day of fun!
Historic Bristol Day is always the third Saturday in October when the trees begin to take on a multi-golden hue, and front steps are home to color-rich chrysanthemums.
BCHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving over 3 centuries of Bristol's history and increasing cultural opportunities for all residents of the community, promoting pride which translates into helping and enhancing the treasure that has been inherited.
Historic Bristol on the Delaware is a perfect place, alive and well with a plethora of promising great things to happen and all are invited to come shop, eat, stroll, chat and spend the day.
Small towns have become a national icon, a national tradition.
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Every now and again, you are fortunate enough to stumble upon a town that's gotten everything right— cafés that serve great coffee, restaurants that prepare terrific food and a plethora of character to share. It’s the kind of place where people are invested in making sure history is paid real respect.
The HBD festival is a fun-filled, high energy, active learning event for ALL ages featuring entertainment, historical tours, vendors, crafters, a totally amazing car show, food court, walking tours, house tours, historic buildings opened to the public, entertainment, a sailing regatta, an antique boat show, a myriad of children's activities, and so very much more!
Bristol Day is chock full of colonial like entertainment including music, dance, living history, children's games and particularly delicious festive food.
Savor a hearty meal in one of the town's excellent selections of gem restaurants.
Own a Strippoli!
Rose Marie [Field] Strippoli expresses her passion for art with verve.
Bid in the silent auction for an original artwork by this award winning, accomplished Bucks County artist. Look for the table on Radcliffe Street.
Each time-honored traditional event and exhibit is well worth a stop, so poke around in all of the presentations, and enjoy the food, friendship and fun.
Vendors are cordially invited to display and sell their particular crafts. The participation fee for a 10 x 10 space [all spaces will be the same size] is $70.00 for business or crafters. There is a fee of $30 for non-profit tables.
The craft fair has become one of the HBD highlights, drawing many visitors to this picturesque, historic riverfront town.
Preliminary plans are to place the vendors in the 200 and 300 blocks of Radcliffe Street which will be closed to vehicular traffic from early morning to 5 p.m.
Participants are to arrive in time to have their displays complete, attended to and open to the public by 9:30 a.m. *Between 8 and 11 a.m., complimentary refreshments will be served to vendors at BCHF headquarters, 321 Cedar Street.
Any questions about vendors can be directed to Bethanne M. Olczak, the BCHF Bristol Day Craft Committee chairperson, 215.781.8072/ or fax 215.781.8068/or e-mail bmolczak@gmail.com OR visit BCHF web page http://www.bristolhistory.org for additional information.
Bristol is under- rated. There is lots of rich and storied past in over 300 years to share.
Save the Date! HBD Saturday 10.15.22.
Welcome Friend to this historic riverfront town!
2022 HISTORIC BRISTOL DAY *INTRO is the first *segment introducing the 46th Annual Historic Bristol Day to be held on October 15, 2022.
Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation
321 Cedar Street
Bristol, PA 19007
215.781.9895
Recommend a “Spotlight”. E-mail vjmrun@yahoo.com
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Schooner North Wind
2022 HISTORIC BRISTOL DAY *EVENTS & ATTRACTIONS
By Cate Murway
It’s coming….
The 46th Annual Historic Bristol Day on Saturday, October 15, 2022, sponsored by the Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation, honoring Catherine McCarry, a beloved lifelong Bristol Borough resident, will be held from 10:00 –4:00 PM.
BCHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving over 3 centuries of Bristol's history and increasing cultural opportunities for all residents of the community, promoting pride which translates into helping and enhancing the treasure that has been inherited.
Historic Bristol on the Delaware has been a site of recreation venues for the people of the area for centuries and one event in particular is reminiscent of the great fairs held in town during the colonial period.
There are a plethora of LAND & WATER plusses in attending an annual event in this beautiful riverside town.
The 11th Annual HBD Car Show at Snyder - Girotti School, 450 Beaver Street will be held from 10AM to 3PM. This renowned show will as always include all American and foreign antiques, classics, newer Corvettes, Camaros, Firebirds, Mustangs, Challengers, Chargers, T-Birds, street rods, exotics, luxury cars, and more. Attendees are invited to vote for their choices of favorite antique and classic car and People's Choice trophies will be awarded based on voting results.
A new feature has been added this year to give attendees a taste of what car guys did back in the sixties when leaded gas was about 28 cents per gallon for regular and 32 cents per gallon for hi –test, filling a tank for $5 or $6 and cruising around Bristol all night. At 3 PM after distribution of the trophies and chancing off restaurant gift certificates, a police escorted cruise through Bristol will begin. Younger participants can get a flash back to the sixties when muscle cars ruled the road!
Don’t wait. Register today http://www.bristoldaycarshow.com/registration
HBD registration starts at 9:00AM. *$15.00 per participant, for one OR multiple vehicles.
All aboard!
The Schooner North Wind, a 75-foot premiere sailing tall ship charter vessel, owned by the Gloucester City Sail [GCS], a volunteer lead NJ non-profit, will provide public sails during this scenic Delaware River family event. Captain Scott Hughes and his crew will take up to 30 passengers on one-hour cruises leaving from the Bristol Wharf at 10:30am, noon, 2:00pm and 3:30pm. Adult tickets are $20, and tickets for children [under 12] are $10.
Help raise the sails and sing a traditional folk sea shanty/chanty [derived from the French verb ‘chanter’, meaning ‘to sing'], or just sit back and enjoy sailing and seeing the town from a different perspective.
Secure your spot! Purchase tickets in advance by going to https://northwindsail.org/public-cruise and click on “Buy Tickets” and select the “Historic Bristol Day” schooner sail event.
Tickets can also be purchased that day. [*Not ADA accessible].
*Can be much cooler on the water, dress in layers and wear comfortable footwear.
Historic Bristol is a “Classic Town”, a unique place to live, work, and play, keeping its historical aspects alive. Doors and gardens open for visitors with the HBD “House Tours”.
All will find it steeped in remarkably unspoiled, unique capsules of history!
Whether you are an architecture aficionado or simply curious, you will find among the perfect houses with varying styles, an excellent reason to explore the ones that represent the march of time.
The BCHF committee has rounded up 4 of the most impressive Borough homes and a garden that continue to influence our town’s significant design sensibilities.
‘Open House’ for these must-see tours is provided from 10:00AM to 4:00PM on Oct. 15th. Ticket price is $12 in advance, and $15 on the day of the event and includes entrance to the Annual Tea.
All are welcome to visit some of the Public Buildings just bursting with historical interest.
Some of those included are the Bristol Borough Activity Center, the Borough Municipal Building, the Bristol Friends Meeting House, Bristol Masons Lodge #25, the Bristol Riverside Theatre, Canal Works, First United Methodist Church of Bristol, the office of William J. Salerno, ESQ * featuring an African American Display, and the Margaret R. Grundy Library and Museum.
Or visit the Silver Lake Nature Center, 1306 Bath Road, featuring free tours of Earth Ship!
Learn how this unique structure can maintain a comfortable temperature year-round without a heating or cooling system.
Welcome Friend to this historic riverfront town for a day of FAMILY FUN!
2022 HISTORIC BRISTOL DAY * EVENTS & ATTRACTIONS is the second *segment introducing the 46th Annual Historic Bristol Day to be held on October 15, 2022.
Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation
321 Cedar Street
Bristol, PA 19007
215.781.9895
Recommend a “Spotlight”. E-mail vjmrun@yahoo.com
2022 HISTORIC BRISTOL DAY *FOOD & FUN FACTS
by Cate Murway
This Saturday…… SAVE THIS DATE . . . Saturday October 15, 2022 . . . Historic Bristol Day!
The 46th Annual Historic Bristol Day will be this Saturday, October 15, 2022, sponsored by the Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation, honoring Catherine McCarry, a beloved lifelong Bristol Borough resident and BCHF Board member, will be held from 10:00 –4:00 PM.
BCHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving over 3 centuries of Bristol's history and increasing cultural opportunities for all residents of the community, promoting pride which translates into helping and enhancing the treasure that has been inherited.
Come for a day of F-U-N! Always the Third Saturday in October!
Historic Bristol Day is a wonderful, budget-friendly outing that includes a myriad of family oriented events and activities, featuring open houses, historical tours, crafters and vendors, a riverfront tea, entertainment, an eclectic food court, an amazing car show, a sailing regatta, an antique boat show, children's activities and a food court by the lovely Delaware River.
The TOWN CRIER will stroll the 200-300 blocks of Radcliffe intermittently between 11:00AM-3:00PM announcing the day’s events.
Everyone comes for the FOOD!.... and STAYS!
This year’s event features the following vendors:
Cup’a, L.L.C., with their legendary party chili, mac & cheese, Irish stew, meatballs, and sausage and peppers, You Need Desserts! gourmet baked goods, Fox's Funnels with funnel cake & sweet potato fries, Sassa Bienne Cajun food, Big Sid's Southern Cusine, R & D Specialty Foods with their fire kickin’ chicken, Bread and Butter Specialty Sandwiches, Stix 2 Go delicacies,
DeLorenzos The Burg authentic tomato pies, Maui Lu Hawaiian BBQ, Matty G Dogs, and Brain Squeeze Water Ice. So, COME HUNGRY!
Leave with luscious…..
Check out the BCHF bake sale table stocked with homemade CREATIONS!
Buy a raffle ticket for a delicious homemade apple pie baked in a ceramic pumpkin colored dish, complete with a lid, and a pie tote carrier container for easy transport.
Now, for some music….listen….
Noon -12:45PM
Talented BOISTROUS VOICETROUS guitarist, Frank Butrey and Triception, his Jazz Ensemble trio, will be stirring the audience with powerful, original compositions and fluid chord arrangements.
11:00-11:45AM Bracken Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Alumni Corps, *the original corps defined post World War II America during the 1930’s-40’s with music that was patriotic, loyal to America and loud!
Get a glimpse of probably the best Dixieland jazz band ever……
1:00- 1:45PM. Big Al's Red Garter Dixieland Band
March on… they HAVE returned!
10:00AM-3:00PM Colonel Ogden's First New Jersey Regiment, a 501(c)(3) charity, portraying an actual Revolutionary War Continental army unit, will be primarily centered in the Riverfront Park, but you may just find them interacting with the crowds and marching along Radcliffe Street.
Dig in!
10:00AM- 4:00PM *This year’s Archaeological Excavation will build on prior efforts conducted in the grassy yard around the Friends Meeting House that was originally built between 1711 and 1713, at the corner of Wood and Market Streets. It will be open to the public for both kids and adults who will be encouraged to participate and learn more about Bristol’s past with Bristol’s own Archaeologist Jesse Walker!
Hankerin’ for History? Snyder-Girotti ~ 450 Beaver Street
10:30AM *“Ashore on Ellis Island” will be presented by the Gifted & Enrichment students
Take ‘em to CHURCH! ~ 1025 Radcliffe Street
11:30AM *Learn the “History of St. Mark Church” dramatized by the 5th grade students in full costume, under the apt direction of former St. Mark Principal, Mrs. Karen Pezza.
Time for TEA? ~ 922 Radcliffe Street *HBD wristband required
11:30-3:00PM *Riverside Tea with renowned harpist, WCU Professor Gloria Galante.
* House Tour / Tea tickets are still available at Mignoni’s.
Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Mignoni Jewelers & Gifts ~ 200 Mill Street.
NOON – 4:00PM *refreshments are served
USNavy veteran Carman Mignoni opened the store in 1947 and the family legacy continues.
Enjoy perusing exhibits & photographs along with music by accomplished pianist, Fran X. Danis.
STEP UP to the Community Baptist Church ~ 225 Radcliffe Street
2:00-2:30PM *Youth Orchestra of Bucks County’s Saxophone Quartet [YOBC]
Welcome Friend!
FREE parking is available in the Bristol Municipal Lot, behind Mill Street.
2022 HISTORIC BRISTOL DAY * FOOD & FUN FACTS is the final *segment introducing the 46th Annual Historic Bristol Day to be held on October 15, 2022.
Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation
321 Cedar Street
Bristol, PA 19007
215.781.9895
Recommend a “Spotlight”. E-mail vjmrun@yahoo.com
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