Pine Plains Community Day to mark bicentennial

PINE PLAINS — Pine Plains will hold its Community Day on Saturday, Sept. 9, with a variety of activities including games, food options, and presentations for all to enjoy.

Stop in at the firehouse for a pancake breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. From there, you’re invited to help clean off the graves of the soldiers at Evergreen Cemetery starting at 10 a.m.

If you’re near the Graham-Brush House at 11 a.m., there will be tours, fiddle music and refreshments, plus a sign unveiling at noon. At 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.,Thayer Durrell will perform an historic monologue, and at 3:30 p.m., a time capsule will be buried at the house.

For lunch, get free bites from local restaurants between noon and 2 p.m. and free ice cream at the Community Zone near the American Legion, then stroll past dozens of community group display tables there.

Children can enjoy the bounce house and dunk tank, behind the Bank of Millbrook as well as games, races and other activities. At the Kids’ Zone near the  Stissing Center, they can make a corn husk doll or learn to handle a reptile..  

The high school chorus will perform as well as Half Pint, the Stanfordville Swingers, and the high school jazz quartet, all at the American Legion, Brandon Stoner and Bob and the Boys will play on the Stissing Center office porch  At 6 p.m., enjoy the Red Barn Band at the Back Bar Beer Garden.

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