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Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery. A testament to the passion of Historic Deerfield’s co-founder Helen Geier Flynt during 60 years of collecting, this gallery presents examples of embroidery, woven silks, bed hangings, coverlets, quilts, costumes, and accessories from about 1600 to the end of the 19th century.	An example of colonial men's wear, part of the new Clothes Make the Man exhibition ending August 17, 2008.
American Heritage Chocolate Celebration, sponsored by Mars Inc, and featuring Mars' American Heritage Chocolate, in a celebration of everything chocolate. Susan Plaisted is pictured grinding cacao nibs into chocolate.	1704 Colonial Encampment Weekend, a Historic Deerfield commemeration of the French and Native Raid of 1704. Here reenatcors are pictured preparing for reenactment of the raid.
Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture. Explore a dazzling array of masterworks by famous American cabinetmakers including Duncan Phyfe and Honoré Lannuier, Samuel McIntire, John and Thomas Seymour, and John Townsend.	"Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection," ending December 31, 2008.
Jennifer L. Anderson, assistant professor of Atlantic History at the State University of New York Stony Brook, will present, "The Mahogany Connection: From American Rainforests to New England Parlors."	A Toby Creamware jug, from the new Alistair Sampson Creamware Collection, a collection highlighted by the upcoming symposium, "Fit for Queens and Commoners."
Children participating in "Tea and Revolution" a history workshop held during the April School Vacation Week.	The historic Hall Tavern welcomes guests to Historic Deerfield.