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Welcome to the Friends of Nathaniel Boileau Farmstead Web Site!
The Friends of the Nathaniel Boileau Farmstead,
Inc. is a non-profit corporation with the purpose of preserving,
rehabilitating, and maintaining the four historic farm structures on the
property known as Boileau Park. We work to promote
the cultural and historic significance of the site and the tremendous
educational opportunities that it affords to local
citizens, educators, students, sports groups and civic organizations.
One of the purposes of the corporation includes raising of the necessary funds
though grants, contributions and through other fund-raising activities.
Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM in the basement
of the Upper Moreland Township Building located at
117 Park Avenue in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
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FESTIVAL, 2012
On Saturday, May 5th, The Friends of Nathaniel Boileau Farmstead, Inc., will hold our sixth annual spring event. The sheep herding dogs and Revolutionary
Soldiers are expected to make a return, as well as our farm animals, live music and free food.
This year we have invited the Past Masters of Colonial Domestic Arts to present their "Early American Pastimes for Children." This is in addition to our
demonstrations of cooking and wool spinning.
Another addition this year is the Penn’s Woods Puppet Theater which will offer two performances of their show "The Walls Have Ears." This company has been
a big draw wherever they have performed, according to those who have seen their show.
Finally, we hope to repeat our "hayride" down the new trail. The hayride wagon will be pulled by an antique tractor from the 1930's.
The festival will be held from 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., on Saturday May 5th... Rain or Shine.
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In 2009, The Friends of
Nathanial Boileau Farmstead signed a 25 year lease with Upper Moreland
Township assigning fundraising responsibilities to The Friends while defining a supportive
relationship between the two organizations. This relationship will
make restoration projects more attractive to public and private funding
sources.
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