Thanksgiving past at the Denison Homestead Museum

November 23, 2019 11:00 pm • Last Updated: November 25, 2019 7:18 pm

By Sarah Gordon
Staff Photographer

Natalie Livingston, left, cooks over an open hearth fire as her husband Brett works on making pounded cheese during a Harvest Celebration at the Denison Homestead Museum in Mystic on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. During the annual event, staff and volunteers organize a historic Thanksgiving-themed celebration featuring colonial cooking demonstrations and tours of the manor. The couple was making food from the late 18th century that also included stuffed pumpkin pie and a roasted chicken. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Natalie Livingston, left, cooks over an open hearth fire as her husband, Brett, works on making pounded cheese during a Harvest Celebration at the Denison Homestead Museum in Mystic on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. During the annual event, staff and volunteers organize a historic Thanksgiving-themed celebration featuring colonial cooking demonstrations and tours of the manor. The couple was making food from the late 18th century that also included stuffed pumpkin pie and a roasted chicken.

Visitor Robert Bartholomew of Clinton, is reflected in an antique clock as he looks at a painting of Thankful Denison Clift during a Harvest Celebration at the Denison Homestead Museum in Mystic on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. During the annual event, staff and volunteers organize a historic Thanksgiving-themed celebration featuring colonial cooking demonstrations and tours of the manor. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Volunteer Beth Hundley of Groton discusses Thanksgiving traditions with visitors during a Harvest Celebration at the Denison Homestead Museum in Mystic on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. During the annual event staff and volunteers organize a historic Thanksgiving-themed celebration featuring colonial cooking demonstrations and tours of the manor. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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