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Pharsalia Celebrates 200 Year Anniversary : Folk Life Festival Saturday & Sunday

May 15, 2014

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00-mag spread for web — Pharsalia in Tyro will travel back in time this coming weekend to celebrate their 200th birthday. The bicentennial event begins at 10AM Saturday - May 17th and continues through Sunday afternoon the 18th.

Pharsalia in Tyro will travel back in time this coming weekend to celebrate their 200th birthday. The bicentennial event begins at 10AM Saturday - May 17th and continues through Sunday afternoon the 18th. — Photo from our April 2014 cover story : Pharsalia in Tyro will travel back in time this coming weekend to celebrate their 200th birthday. The bicentennial event begins at 10AM Saturday – May 17th and continues through Sunday afternoon the 18th.

Tyro
Nelson County, VA
It takes a long time to get to where you can celebrate 200 years of anything! This weekend Pharsalia in Tyro will do just that. As we told you in our April 2014 cover story the plantation will hold its bicentennial Folk Life Festival starting Saturday – May 17th at 10AM and continuing on Sunday from 10AM until 4PM. This weekend’s festival is just one of several summer and fall events being held to celebrate the 200 year anniversary.

Blue Ridge Life Magazine is one of the sponsors for the celebration that ends up in October with Family Apple Harvest Day Spring

Photo courtesy of Foxie Morgan : BRL Shenandoah Valley Photographer Norm Shafer literally gets in the fire to grab this shot of a fireplace cook demonstration at Pharsalia. This is one of the many things folks can expect to see from a time when Pharsalia was first established 2 centuries ago. — Photo courtesy of Foxie Morgan : BRL Shenandoah Valley Photographer Norm Shafer literally gets in the fire to grab this shot of a fireplace cooking demonstration at Pharsalia. This is one of the many things people can expect to see this weekend from a time when Pharsalia was first established 2 centuries ago.

To read our April 2014 cover story on the 200 year celebration at Pharsalia click on our magazine article above.

For more information on the 200th birthday celebration at Pharsalia, click here.

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