Archive: Around Town

The History Center in Tompkins County recently received a grant from the Lane Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County to support the summer camp 'Digging into Carrie's Diary' at the Eight Square Schoolhouse site.

Based on the 1869 diary of local 13 year old Carrie Manning from the Town of Ithaca (now Lansing), the week long camp will utilize the diary as the basis for all the activities that will take place. The children will receive a copy of Carrie's diary to keep, and craft a diary of their own to record their experiences throughout the week. Guest educators from several other Kids Discover the Trail organizations will enhance weekly activities through presentations from their respective sites.  

Activities will also include gardening, sewing, art and crafts, music, nature study, and the unique opportunity to learn about and partake in an archaeological dig on site!  All of this taking place on an historic 200 year old school site, in a schoolhouse that is still being used for Living History programs.

The History Center will be partnering with Southside Community Center to bring summer campers to the Eight Square site for a day to partake in activities, thus fostering dialogue and camaraderie between the two groups.

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