{"id":12685,"date":"2017-06-15T20:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=12685"},"modified":"2017-06-15T15:20:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T20:20:32","slug":"independence-day-at-the-homeplace-1850s-working-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2017\/06\/15\/independence-day-at-the-homeplace-1850s-working-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Day at the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40768\" title=\"Land Between the Lakes - LBL\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/land_between_the_lakes.gif\" alt=\"Land Between the Lakes - LBL\" height=\"126\" width=\"174\">Land Between the Lakes, KY\/TN <\/strong>&#8211; The public is invited to a traditional community celebration of America\u2019s birthday at the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm, from 1:00pm-4:00pm, Tuesday, July 4th, 2017. Admission is $5.00 ages 13 and up; $3.00 ages 5 -12; free for ages 4 and under.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaising the 30 star flag from 1850 and reading the Declaration of Independence together are a moving way to remember why we still celebrate today,\u201d says Homeplace Interpreter Kira Sanscrainte.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_385797\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Land-Between-the-Lakes-The-Home-Place.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-385797\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-385797\" title=\"Land Between the Lakes Homeplace 1850s Working Farm. (Kelly Best Bennett)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Land-Between-the-Lakes-The-Home-Place-480x319.jpg\" alt=\"Land Between the Lakes Homeplace 1850s Working Farm. (Kelly Best Bennett)\" height=\"319\" width=\"480\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-385797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Land Between the Lakes Homeplace 1850s Working Farm. (Kelly Best Bennett)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are also planning a special finish, called \u201cSounds of the Fourth,\u201d with patriotic toasts (lemonade provided), songs, bells and more. Help us bring the afternoon to a rousing close,\u201d stated Sanscrainte.<\/p>\n<p>Weather permitting, there will also be a launch of a small hot air or \u201csmoke\u201d balloon.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can take part in competitive games and making ice cream. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic lunches while listening to traditional old-time music.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landbetweenthelakes.us\/seendo\/attractions\/homeplace\/\" >Homeplace 1850s Working Farm<\/a> recreates the lifestyle of a two-generation family of the region. Visitors mingle with interpreters wearing period attire going about their daily chores. Artifacts, restored historic structures and traditional seasonal activities take visitors back-in-time to relive history before the American Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>To find more information about Land Between the Lakes, log on to the official website at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.landbetweenthelakes.us\" >www.landbetweenthelakes.us<\/a> or call 1-800.LBL.7077 or 270.924.2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Land Between the Lakes, KY\/TN &#8211; The public is invited to a traditional community celebration of America\u2019s birthday at the Homeplace 1850s Working Farm, from 1:00pm-4:00pm, Tuesday, July 4th, 2017. Admission is $5.00 ages 13 and up; $3.00 ages 5 -12; free for ages 4 and under. \u201cRaising the 30 star flag from 1850 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[328,8168,107,1333,1641,383,1498,1499,261,2007],"class_list":["post-12685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-civil-war","tag-declaration-of-independence","tag-featured","tag-independence-day","tag-kentucky","tag-land-between-the-lakes","tag-land-between-the-lakes-national-recreation-area","tag-lbl","tag-tennessee","tag-the-homeplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12686,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12685\/revisions\/12686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}