Heritage Day

Description

Saratoga will celebrate Heritage Day on Saturday May 21 with music, costumed historic Saratoga characters, and classic cars on Big Basin Way and at the Saratoga History Museum.
The event will start at noon in Blaney Plaza as over 50 costumed Saratoga historic characters will gather to be introduced. Visitors can then stroll Big Basin Way to see classic cars, music, a petting zoo and meet costumed historic Saratoga characters. Costumed characters will also be at the Saratoga History Museum. A free souvenir autograph book will be handed out so you can get each character?s autograph.
Walk over to the Saratoga Historical Park to the Saratoga History Museum. There you can enjoy playing horse shoes; receive a free docent-led historic walking tour; free historic house bicycle maps; see vintage aerial maps of Saratoga; watch a video of Saratoga Then and Now and more. Town Historian Willys Peck will be available to autograph his books. Children?s games of the 1800?s will take place from noon to 4 PM. See live demonstrations of blacksmiths making horse shoes, lacemaking, ropemaking, and carving wood.. Outdoor displays will highlight the town?s heritage. And don?t miss the exhibit at the museum entitled, the Sixth Star?Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of California Women Receiving the Vote.
The BookGoRound, part of the Saratoga Historical Park, will feature a huge selection of gently used local Bay Area travel and history books for sale. The BookGoRound is open from 10 AM to 5 PM.
People dressed as pioneer Martin McCarthy whose Toll Gate became temporarily Saratoga?s name and later McCartysville; people dressed as actresses Olivia deHavilland and Joan Fontaine who once attended Saratoga?s Oak Street Grammar School; or famed artist Theodore Wores who once had a studio in Saratoga are some of the 50 interesting historic characters that you can meet as part of the event. Learn a little Saratoga history and have a lot of fun. Bring your camera and have a great afternoon.
This is the second year Heritage Day has been celebrated, according to Councilperson and SVDC Prseident Jill Hunter. The event is sponsored by the Saratoga Village Development Council (SVDC).