And finally, the museum

As I said, it's small.  The buildings were all trucked in from other sites around the island.

We saw a blacksmith, a hat maker and a couple of stores, a church, even a farm.

The buildings are all furnished with period pieces.

This building was originally located just a few blocks from the first house I lived in.  There's a park and public pool on the original site now:

Drew was able to get some authentic birch beer there.  Another shop sold old fashioned candy sticks, I got a cherry and a butterscotch.

You could see a touch of autumn color:

The gazebo in center of town, we saw a band playing music:

A real working farm, complete with animals:

The geese had attitude.

There was also a "Rough Riders" encampment.  Remember that Long Island was Teddy Roosevelt's home.

This horse reminded me of a horse I rode when I was a kid:

There was a church, of course, and even a cemetery:

Talk about anachronisms.  There's an armory museum on site.  They brought some of their vehicles onto the Village potion of the property.

Yes, it was a very full day.