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LET FREEDOM RING FESTIVAL COMMEMORATES AMERICAN REVOLUTION

(Lawrenceville, Ga., March 8, 2018) – Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation will host the Let Freedom Ring Festival on Saturday, March 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Isaac Adair House, located at 15 South Clayton Street. The festival is in celebration of Gwinnett County Bicentennial, American independence and the patriots that served in battle.

Attendees can tour the historic Isaac Adair House, view live musket demonstrations and early weapon technology, meet with living history experts and experience life during the late 1700s. Activities will include: bartering for goods at the trading post, churning fresh cream, playing historic games and making toys, writing with a quill, understanding the role of currency and mimicking Ben Franklin’s glass harmonica.

Parks and Recreation will partner with the Button Gwinnett Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, the Philadelphia Winn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Gwinnett Historical Society to hold this event. The cost is $8 per person. Register online or pay at the door. For more information, call 770-822-5178 or visit www.gwinnettparks.com.

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