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Mansfield celebrates its roots Saturday, starting where it all began at the home of one of the city’s co-founders.
Founders Day takes visitors back to the 1800s with crafters, artisans and re-enactors spread across the grounds of the Man House Museum, which city co-founder Ralph Man built in the 1860s. The free event will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 3 at 604 W. Broad St.
Visitors can play 19th century games and try their hands at candle dipping, spinning and doll making, check out the food vendors, play with the animals in the petting zoo and watch traditional crafts people, like the blacksmith, leather worker, potter and basket weaver.
New this year is the addition of the cooking kitchen, a recently finished outdoor structure where visitors can see how the Man family would have made their meals.
Some of the artisans will be selling their crafts, and the Mansfield Cemetery Association, Mansfield Historical Society and Mansfield Garden Club will also have booths.
Mansfield, Texas, is a booming city, nestled between Fort Worth and Dallas, but with a personality all its own. The city’s 76,247 citizens enjoy an award-winning school district, vibrant economy, historic downtown, prize-winning park system and community focus spread across 37 square miles. The Mansfield Record is dedicated to reporting city and school news, community happenings, police and fire news, business, food and restaurants, parks and recreation, library, historical archives and special events. The city’s only online newspaper launched in September 2020 and will offer introductory advertising rates for the first three months at three different rates.
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