Dutch Cousins 2019 Itinerary

Dutch Cousins 2019 (Schedule)

Thursday Sept 12, 2019

3:00    Set up Family History Tables, Silent Auction items, book displays, Tee Shirts, Display Tables.

4:00    Early Registration KSU

    (in background) Slide show of past Gatherings

    Dinner on your own or box lunches for workers (pre-ordered)

6:30    Greet and meet your cousins.

Friday Sept 13, 2019

8:30     Coffee & registration KSU

9:00    Family History Tables, Silent Auction items, book displays & Tee Shirts

9:45    Meeting begins, flag ceremony and introductions

    Welcome to Kentucky (Senator Whitney Westerfield)

    (Miss America – Heather French Henry)

10:45     Dr. Kirk W. Pomper, Director of KSU Land Grant Programs (will speak on “The Paw-Paw Story”)

11:20    10 min to hear about the items for sale (books or silent auction)

    (Book Display chairperson and Silent Auction Bill Hoag)

11:30    Lunch, business meeting (officers & registered cousins)

2:00    Business Meeting disbands, break

2:15    Report on Old Mud & Low Dutch Archives (Amalie Preston)

2:30    Report on Conewago markers progress (Malcolm Banta)

2:45    Break

3:00    Presentation from the Dulcimer society of KY

4:00     SUGGESTION: THE DIFFERENT FAMILY GROUPS COULD MEET? 

5:00    Break

6:00    Dinner Buffet – Keynote: 

Flag ceremony from SAR  (Revolutionary War Re-Enactors)

Steve Henry (Historical Farm Tour) 15-30 min.

Vince Ackers (Westerfield Massacre) 15-30 min.

Saturday Sept 14, 2019

9:00    Coffee – Meet your Cousins, Everything open   

10:30     Group Photos

11:00     Silent Auction ends. Take down all displays.

Excursion (Saturday – Sept. 14^th) King and Sharon Cole

11:30     Depart KSU (Promptly)

12:30     Lunch – The Parkland’s (Hosted by Texas Road House – their cost) $5.00 per person

1:15     Parklands Tour, Steve Henry historical property

2:45    Drive-by Low Dutch Station/Westerfield Journey marker

3:30    Dedicate Westerfield Massacre Historical Marker

5:30     Return to KSU

6:00    Prayer and dinner is served by (Family Affair of Salvisa KY)

6:30    Keynote speaker: Eddie Price (“The Battle Of The Blue Licks”).

                “Kentucky, American Revolutionary War Battle.”

Sunday Sept 15, 2019

9:30    Check out & leave Frankfort

9:30    Caravan (45 min drive) to Harrodsburg, KY

11:30    Lunch at 19^th Hole, Harrodsburg, KY

1:00    Old Mud gates open, Group Photos at Old Mud Meeting house

1:30    Dedicate Garden Bench IN MEMORY OF CLAUDE WESTERFIELD – Charlie Westerfield

2:00    Worship service & Communion at Old Mud Meeting House – Public Invited

    speaker – RUSSELL GASERO, ARCHIVIST OF DUTCH REFORMED CHURCHES IN AMERICA, New Brunswick, NJ 

Monday, Sept 16, 2019

10 till 3: Harrodsburg Historical Society