We’ve made it to the halfway point in our countdown of the top 20 reasons why you and your family should visit the New Deal Festival.
10. Climb aboard a horse drawn wagon and tour historic Arthurdale
11. Get up close to hawks, eagles, and owls from the West Virginia Raptor Rehabilitation Center
12. Visit a WWII military camp complete with original Jeeps
13. Make a button buzzer in the kid’s area
14. Look under the hood of your favorite antique car
15. Enjoy Arthurdale’s famous barbecue chicken dinners
16. Watch blacksmiths turn raw metal into a thing of beauty in the Forge
17. Listen to WV stories about Eleanor Roosevelt in the Esso Station collected by the Traveling 219 Project
18. Talk with children of original homesteaders and learn what pranks they liked to play on their neighbors growing up
19. Meet Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
20. Pet Eleanor the goat and meet her baby Anna