St. Alban’s Fall Founders Festival to feature food, fun

Published 11:45 am Wednesday, October 26, 2011

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Bovina will mark its 156th anniversary this weekend with food, Civil War re-enactments and other activities.

The Fall Founders Festival will kick off at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The morning will include Civil War Living History camps, a Civil War mannequin exhibit by artist Bertha Lewis and a car show.

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Calzone plates will be sold. Proceeds will go to St. Alban’s cookbook fund.

The afternoon will feature Union and Confederate re-enactors skirmishing in the woods. Afterward, the Rev. Billie Abraham, St. Alban’s rector, will unveil and dedicate a historic marker in the church cemetery. The marker later will be moved to a permanent location along the lane entering the church grounds.

The traditional All Saints’ Memorial Service will be Saturday evening. The event will feature the lighting of the luminaries followed by a Lantern-lit Cemetery Stroll during which re-enactors will play the roles of people who are buried there.

On Sunday, the public is invited to an 11 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Abraham officiating.

Afternoon activities will include dinner on the grounds for $10 per plate, music by Bridging the Gap, Lewis’ Civil War mannequin exhibit and the St. Alban’s Country Market featuring homemade casseroles, jellies, jams and other baked goods.