[Sca-cooks] Viking Day (somewhat OT but there will be cooking demos)

[Linda M. Kalb]

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A non-SCA event with period cooking by reenactors:

American Swedish Historical Museum
located in FDR Park in South Philadelphia near the Sports Complex at 1900
Pattison Avenue
(215) 389-1776
ashm at libertynet.org

Saturday, September 22, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Visit the Viking Encampment and watch reenactors demonstrate their skills
in cooking, shipbuilding, and much more! Mock sword battles! Viking Chess
(Hnefatafl) tournament! Children's activities include making runestone
rubbings and Viking jewelry and learning to use the runic alphabet.
Admission $5; children under 4, free.

Directions to the Museum
By Car (plenty of FREE PARKING right in front of the Museum!)

 From Center City:
Take Broad Street South to Pattison Avenue. Turn right onto Pattison
Avenue. At the next light (20th Street) turn left into FDR Park. Once in
the park, take the first left.

 From I-95 North or South:
Take the Broad Street/Pattison Avenue exit of I-95. If coming from I-95
Southbound, turn right onto Broad Street. If coming from I-95 Northbound,
the exit puts you on Broad Street. Stay to the left because the road
divides. Turn left at the 2nd traffic light, which is Pattison Avenue. At
the next traffic light turn left on 20th Street into FDR park. Once in the
park, take the first left.

 From Rte. 76 going East (Schulkyll Expressway):
Get off at the Penrose Avenue/International Airport exit (left lane exit).
Go to the end of the exit road. At the traffic light, turn left onto
Penrose. At first stoplight, turn right onto Pattison Avenue. The park
entrance is at 20th Street. Once in the park, take the first left.

 From Rte. 76 going West and the Walt Whitman Bridge:
Take exit 46 to 7th Street. Follow 7th to Pattison Avenue. Turn right on
Pattison, pass Veterans Stadium on your right, and cross Broad Street. At
next light (20th Street) turn left into FDR Park. Once in the park, take
the first left.
By Septa

By Public Transit:
The Museum is easily reached by the Broad Street Subway, with a five block
walk from the Pattison Station. The #17 bus heading to the Naval Base stops
at the Museum building on Pattison Avenue. Contact Septa Information at
(215) 580-7800 to obtain route and schedule information for arriving at
20th and Pattison.


Link for Viking Chess http://user.tninet.se/~jgd996c/hnefatafl/hnefatafl.html

Inga/Linda
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