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<\/p>\nJoin the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid for a special History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip on Saturday, July 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This living history event will be a special 1890s-1900s-themed July 4 celebration featuring turn-of-the-century activities and games for all ages, allowing guests to see how Independence Day was celebrated in early Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
This event is primarily held outdoors in the Humphrey Heritage Village, and the museum galleries will also be open for self-guided tours.<\/p>\n
All-day activities include yard games, patriotic crafts, plaza chalk art, scavenger hunts, cyanotypes, and music. From 11 to 11:45 a.m., kids between the ages of 10 and 16 can compete in trivia inside the Turkey Creek Schoolhouse. Those 16 and up can test their trivia from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. inside the schoolhouse. Sack races will take place from 2 to 2:30 p.m. between the schoolhouse and Village Church. Egg races will run from 2:30 to 3 p.m. between the schoolhouse and Village Church.<\/p>\n
Other learning opportunities include learning about Charles Haskell, who was Oklahoma\u2019s first governor. A living historian will also discuss late 19th-century military.<\/p>\n
Okie-Dokie Dogs will be on-site selling food from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Students will get in free to the event on July 4. Regular admission applies to all other guests. No registration is required for this come-and-go event. For more information about the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, please visit csrhc.org or call 580-237-1907.<\/p>\n
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