The Joel Lane Museum House, “The Birthplace of North Carolina’s Capital City,” will sponsor Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea on Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 3 to 5 pm (with a rain date of Sunday, September 26). Elizabeth was Colonel Joel Lane’s seventh child. He was a founding father of Raleigh and an officer in the Militia during the American Revolutionary War.

In the beautiful colonial gardens at the Joel Lane Museum House, mothers, daughters, grandmothers, and granddaughters will learn the etiquette of taking tea and cakes in colonial times. After tea, they will have a chance to participate in early American crafts and games. Henry Goodman, fiddler, will provide live music. As they sip on tea or lemonade and eat either 18th-century style or modern cakes, attendees will learn the history of tea and how colonial people took their tea. After tea, the girls can play games like graces, dance the Virginia Reel, make a rag doll, decorate a paper fan, and “tin” punch a Christmas ornament.

Admission is by advanced purchase only. Tickets may be obtained by calling 919-833-3431. Admission for the public is $30 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under; members of the Joel Lane Historical Society pay $25 for adults and $15 for children 12 and under. Minimum age is 5 years old.