18th-Century Thanksgiving Dinner
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 11/12/2023
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Thanksgiving Dinner tickets are $115 per person for NSCDA-CT and Museum members, $125 per person for the General Public. Purchase tickets here.
The Host Committee also invites you to special pre-meal champagne reception in the Silas Deane House at 1 p.m. at the Patron level. Guests will be able to mingle with Brenton Grom, the Museum’s new Executive Director, and Tita Hyland, President of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in The State of Connecticut, and enjoy period music performed by harpist Linda Traue, a member of the 5th Connecticut Regiment Revolutionary War reenactors.
Patron Level tickets are $250 per person (includes champagne reception and dinner). Purchase tickets here.
Reservations are required. Tickets must be purchased by Wednesday, November 8, 2023. A portion of the dinner proceeds will benefit the Webb Deane Stevens Museum.
BILL OF FARE:
First Course
Potage of cabbage, leek, and onions / Peasant bread / Blocks of butter
Main Course, Family Style
Roast turkey with sauce / A chine of pork roast / Succotash / Butternut squash stew / Mashed potatoes / Creamed Onions / Cucumber salad/ Cranberry sauce
Beverages
Cider (Hard and alcohol free) / Red and white wine
Dessert, Served at Side Tables
Indian pudding / Apple and pumpkin pie / Coffee
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