DOVER — Festivities launch with music and fireworks on Friday night. Saturday features “Our Heritage, Our County Today” community parade, craft fair, concerts, food vendors, and artisans. The Matterhorn Inn and Celebrate the Valley host the Living History Association's 24th Annual International Walk through the Centuries performed by re-enactors, and don't forget the Saturday evening square dance.
Friday
• 6:30 p.m., The play, History of Dover, written by music teacher Andy Davis, will be presented at Dover Elementary School, along with Birthday Cake contest prizes to schoolchildren.
• 8 p.m, fireworks at Mount Snow and lighting of the Birthday Cakes.
Saturday
• 9 a.m., craft fair along Route 100.
• 10:15 a.m., opening ceremony, living history presentation at the Matterhorn.
• 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., parade, band concerts. Following the parade, there will be an antique and classic car show, Morris dancers, Tony Barrand, presentation of the songs and poems of Fred Atwood written over 100 years ago about Dover and its people and the West Dover Church Bell Choir. The Historical Society will be open.
• 7 p.m., square dance at Dover Town Hall.
Sunday
• church service at the historic Town Hall that was built by three churches in 1805.
• 11 a.m.-1 p.m., harvest brunch courtesy of the Dover Athletic Group (Little League and school age soccer and basketball.)
• 1:15 p.m., war memorial dedication, and a presentation about the history of Dover.