LIVERMORE — A Strawberry Festival, Craft Fair and Living History Heritage Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 28, at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center. Admission is $5, free for age 5 and under.

The festival features a craft fair with more than 15 artisans demonstrating handmade craft and selling original artwork. In addition, “What Remains,” a Civil War civilian re-enactment group from Massachusetts, will be camped on the front lawn and demonstrating a Soldier’s Aide Society.

Other ongoing activities for the day include hayrides, tours of the 1867 Washburn family mansion, craft and blacksmithing demonstrations, lessons of the past and spelling bees in the one-room schoolhouse, artifact games and living history in the farmer’s cottage, special presentations and music in the meeting house, and old-fashioned outdoor games such as hoops & graces and croquet.

Strawberry shortcake made with homemade biscuits, local strawberries and real whipped cream will be for sale. The $4 cost benefits the Norlands.

Special presentations include:

* “Meet the 19th-century Bradford Family” in the Farmer’s Cottage throughout the day. Talk to members of the family, portrayed by Norlands’ interpreters, as they go about their daily routine of living in the 1800s, including preparing a “nooning” meal on the woodstove. The Bradfords were neighbors to the Washburns. Listen to stories about the family and gossip about the neighbors. The “Bradfords” will also share cooking tips as they prepare their meal and herbal remedies.

In addition, one of the strawberry rhubarb pies they make for the nooning will be raffled at 3:30 p.m.

* At 11:30 a.m., author Annette Vance Dorey will give an illustrated talk and book signing about her recent work, “Miss Dr. Lucy and Maine’s Pioneering Female Physicians, 1850s-1920.” The book tells the story of the personal and professional lives of women long forgotten.

* At 1 p.m., Willi Irish, Norlands’ Director of Interpretation, will stage a humorous presentation in character titled “Health, Sanitation and Deadly Diseases.” Portraying “Aunt Clara Howard,” she will share home remedies, customs and beliefs related to 19th-century health care from a first-person perspective.

* At 2 p.m., Kerck Kelsey, Washburn descendant, historian and author, will talk about “The Remarkable Washburns of Livermore” in the Washburn library. Hear about the great accomplishments of one generation of the 19th-century Washburn family. Between 1813 and 1833, Israel and Martha Washburn gave birth to 11 children in Livermore. Among them were two state governors, four congressmen, one U.S. senator, two foreign ministers, one Civil War general, one Navy captain, the founder of Washburn-Crosby Gold Medal Flour, the inventor of a typewriter, president of the Soo Railroad and three noted authors. All of them called the Norlands home. No other American family has produced an equivalent level of political and business leadership in a single generation.

* At 3 p.m., Jerry Ellis will perform an organ concert of 19th-century tunes in the Meeting House. The Meeting House is the oldest building at the Norlands, built in 1828 as a Universalist House of Worship.

The Jay/Livermore Falls Lions Club will be serving hamburgers and hot dogs. Or, bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the beautiful grounds. Before leaving the Norlands, be sure to take a walk on a historic carriage trail to the Pools of Simeon.

For more information, call 207-897-4366, email norlands@norlands.org or visit www.norlands.org.