Take a trip back in time to the farm at Brattonsville

“Children’s Day on the Farm” is an annual family event at Historic Brattonsville celebrating farm life in the 18th and 19th centuries. The event runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the site in McConnells.

Visitors can participate in hands-on activities include candle-dipping, blacksmithing and food preparations the way early settlers of the Carolina backcountry did. Children can enjoy toys and games of long ago.

A highlight of the day is the newborn lambs and other farm animals to pet and cuddle.

Professional storyteller Sharon Cooper-Murray, also known as the Gullah Lady, will delight all ages with her South Carolina sea-island tales. Visitors can join her in community rag quilting as she shares the Gullah culture.

A team of draft horses will be plowing out in the field. Pony and tractor-drawn wagon rides will be available for a small fee. The 778-acre plantation offers a nature preserve with miles of walking trails, more than 30 Colonial and antebellum structures, and a Revolutionary War battlefield site and interpretive trail.

The Friends of Historic Brattonsville will offer food for sale.

Admission: $8, adults; $6, seniors; $3, ages 4-17; free for ages 3 and younger and Culture and Heritage Museum members.

For information, go to www.chmuseums.org or call 803-684-2327.

This story was originally published March 26, 2015 at 11:10 AM with the headline "Take a trip back in time to the farm at Brattonsville."