Celebrating old-time farm life in northern Berks

The Dreibelbis Farm Historical Society hosted its annual Farm Festival Saturday at the Historic Dreibelbis Farm near Virginville.

Activities included demonstrations of life on the farm including kitchen crafts, open-hearth cooking, butchering, dairy chores, spinning, and blacksmithing. The event featured old-time tools and farming activities along with Native American and Civil War veterans displays, a hay ride and old-time games for the children.

The event also included talks on local archaeology, local units in the Civil War, Native American storytelling, Revolutionary War enactors and period music.