Ladies Day in Old Town

The 9th annual Ladies Day in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park will celebrate the everyday life skills, creative past times and daily work tasks of women that lived in early San Diego from 1821 to 1872. This year’s event takes place from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, June 2. Don your favorite hat – historic, modern, or fanciful – for the event. If your head wear represents 1821 to 1872, you may participate in the historic hat contest for a small entry fee.

“Ladies Day in Old Town will showcase activities that are fun and educational for both children and adults,” said Deanna Turton, volunteer chair of the event. “It is our hope that people will walk away knowing what it was like to live in San Diego in the mid-1800s and appreciate how the founding families mastered the life skills needed to survive and make a home for their families.”

Volunteers work on crafts with children at Ladies Day in Old Town San Diego.

California State Park staff, volunteers, and specially invited volunteers will demonstrate the labors and leisure activities of Old Town’s founding families — 19th century games, crafts, hair styling, dancing and much more.

This year, the park will be unveiling new exhibits in the patio area of the Casa de Estudillo. These displays are part of a larger project to refurbish the exhibits throughout the adobe, which use models and artifacts to help visitors better understand the way of life during that time. .

For more information, call the Visitor Information Center at 619-220-5422 or visit the park website at, www.parks.ca.gov/oldtownsandiego.

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