Millbrook Days Festival this weekend

BUSHKILL — “Millbrook Days,” an annual event celebrating 19th century rural life, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4, at Millbrook Village, N.J., in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Millbrook Days will be held, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Admission is free. The festival is jointly sponsored by the National Park Service and the Millbrook Village Society. “Millbrook Village comes alive with the sights, sounds, and smells of country life in an earlier time,” said Superintendent John J. Donahue. Costumed volunteers and park staff will demonstrate 19 century trades, crafts, and home and garden chores. The festival also features old-time children’s games and live, traditional music. Food will be available for purchase. Free parking and shuttle service are available. The shuttle buses will provide transportation from the Watergate Recreation Site to Millbrook Village from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day of the event. Millbrook Village is 12 miles north of I-80 on Old Mine Road (Exit 1) in New Jersey. For further information, call either of the park’s two visitor centers on weekends: 908-496-4458 or 570-828-2253, or park headquarters on weekdays, 570-426-2452. Information can also be found on the park’s website, www.nps.gov/dewa, under “News/Events/Closures” and the Millbrook Village Society website www.millbrooknj.com .