Visitors can learn traditional dances such as the Virginia Reel and the Quadrille. Live music will feature dulcimers, auto harps, a string band and singing. Re-enactors inside the historic home will share information on the Murrell and Ross families, entertaining, cooking, childbirth, rearing children, death and mourning in that period. Outside, re-enactors will discuss roles of soldiers and civilians in the 1850s Cherokee Nation. Children's lawn games will be featured along with storytellers recalling the Trail of Tears and other major events.
Admission is free.
Food concessions will be available, or visitors can bring lawn chairs and picnic lunches. The Murrell Home is owned and operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society.