Inaugural Cider Festival coming to Staunton's Frontier Culture Museum Nov. 8

Inaugural Cider Festival

The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, the Virginia Cider Association, and Virginia Humanities are teaming up to bring a Cider Festival to Staunton on November 8.

The event will feature demonstrations of historic cooking and foodways, talks about Virginia apples and cider history, a book talk, and live music, as well as a cider tasting with historians, authors, and food trucks.

He is especially interested in early American cider and cider culture, including who was making it, who was drinking it, and why it was more common than beer.

Author: The event will be presented by historian and museum professional Mark A.

Author's resume: Historian researching and recreating historic alcoholic cider for over twenty years.

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