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Lanier Day
Sat June 1 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
FREE
Once an annual celebration of Madison’s history, this year’s event will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, at the mansion. Visitors will enjoy reenactors, storytelling, music, family activities, vendors and more both indoors and outdoors. Admission for Lanier Day is free, and the event will be held rain or shine.
The schedule is as follows:
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. vendors, north lawn
o The Cat’s Meow Jewelry Company, Jolly Good Scents, Lacy Dazzling Diamond Art, Megnificent Glass, Musee de Venoge, Redford Beck Books, Rose’s Rocks, Timber Designs
Lunch Time – Pakalana’s Poke Wagon and El Comal food trucks, visitor center parking lot
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Civil War Reenactment, south lawn
o 11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry with a Parrott Rifle, a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon
Cannon firing schedule, approximately 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 3 p.m.
10:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. Magician Noah J., Visitor Center
o A magical experience for all ages, dealing in close-up card magic, coin magic, and other magic classics. Be mystified by the self-proclaimed dishonestly honest magician, Noah J.!
10:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Kid’s activities, north lawn
10:30 – 11 a.m. Punch and Judy, Visitor Center
Mr. Punch and Co. presents a traditional puppet show filled with chases, chaos, crocodiles, and sausages, to amuse the young and young-at-heart alike.
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Rob Houze Trio, North Lawn
o Jazz trio playing tunes of various styles, including American songbook, swing Latin and rock
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sue Livers as Patsy Ann Harris, Lanier mansion, south entrance
o Meet Mrs. Patsy Ann Harris, wife of Underground Railroad conductor and minister, Chapman Harris. Mrs. Chapman will talk about the language of the Underground Railroad and life in Madison prior to integration.
12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Emily Ann Thompson, north lawn
o Violinist & fiddler specializing in Celtic fiddle, American old-time & bluegrass fiddle, and classical and jazz violin.
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. Punch and Judy, Visitor Center
1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Bob Hartsaw, Lanier mansion, south entrance
o Madison’s well-known teller of tales will present tails from bygone days, such as Why the Possum has No Hair on His Tail, Tailypo, and How the Bear Lost his Tail.
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Sue Livers as Patsy Ann Harris, Lanier mansion, south entrance
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Punch and Judy, Visitor Center
2:45 – 3:45 p.m. Rob Houze Trio, north lawn
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Bob Hartsaw, Lanier mansion, south entrance
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Note: Regular scheduled tours are not available on June 1st (Lanier Day).