‘Life on the Homestead’

The 10th anniversary of the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s management of the Welk Homestead State Historic Site will be celebrated on Sunday, June 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Life on the Homestead,” is a day of free, family-friendly activities, includes the dedication of a life-size bronze statue of Lawrence Welk at 2 p.m.  The Tractor Trek arrives at 10 a.m.  From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., learn how to make sauerkraut, butter, paper, and rope.  See demonstrations on canning, weaving, spinning, and blacksmithing.  Watch how a printing press works.  Visit the vendor show.  Food vendors are on site.  Welk biographer Lance Richey, Ph.D., will be there.  Kids can participate in gunny sack races, bunnock, horseshoes, and a “money in the haystack” game from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.   Joyful Voices sing at 1 p.m.