Living History Day at the Presidio Museum - Preparing for Día de los Muertos

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Oct 16, 2021  10am - 2pm

Location

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Details

The Presidio Museum comes alive allowing visitors get a feel for what it would have been like to be in the Presidio at the height of its occupation in the late 18th century. Opportunities for visitors include:
• tastings of hand-made tortillas and fresh-made bread interactive demonstrations of children’s games and weaving
• soldiers practicing their musket drills
• pumping the bellows of the blacksmith’s forge
• playing Presidio era games

This month, Living History Day will focus on how families prepared for Día de los Muertos. Visitors will learn about, create and sample some of the decorations and foods that go into creating ofrendas (altars). Activities may include making paper flowers, sugar skulls or Calavera masks. Samplings of champurrado and Pan de Muertos will also be available.