OurNeighbors Historical Society Hosts Blacksmith Demo

Brief Description: On Saturday September, 18, 2010 between 10am and 2pm, Brookfield resident Ryan Blessey will give a hands-on blacksmithing demonstration at the Gurski Farmstead Forge. The Brookfield Museum and Historical Society will host a family oriented Open House that day which will also include a working exhibit of antique farm machinery and a tour of Brookfield’s second oldest burial ground, the Merwin Brook Cemetery. In recent years a number of headstones at this site, buried by time, were discovered with the help of the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), the locations of grave markers obscured over the years were discovered and subsequently uncovered, as well as markers identifying the parameters and boundaries of the Cemetery.

The Gurski Farmstead is located on the west side of Route 133, approximately 1/2 mile north of the intersection of Routes 25 and 133 in Brookfield Center heading in the direction of Bridgewater. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend. Complimentary refreshments will be served at the Open House. For more information on this and other future events of the Brookfield Historical Society call 203 740-8140 or log onto www.brookfieldcthistory.org.