This IS your grandmother’s picnic. This historic Pardee Home Museum in downtown oakland hosts a costumed patriotic picnic and steopticon Ice Cream social. Admission includes live entertainment: Governor Pardee’s Stirring Independence Day Address, Mrs. Pardee’s Mellifluous Musicale with Frederick Hodges at the pianoforte. Also included with your admission price is free bountiful picnic food (featuring Taylor’s Sausages), cold drinks and ice cream. Free game activities on the lawn: croquet, lawn tennis, ‘eggball,’ and the Nutshell Navy. At the shady Stereograph Nook guests can view the latest 3D pictures. Period dress very strongly encouraged. Ladies, wear your biggest picture hat. (extensive, hard to read, but amusing details about this event at www.the3dfairy.com)

Win a prize at the fishpond game, have a stereoscopic portrait made, build a boat to sail in the Pardee Tabletop regatta, or shop for unique keepsakes and toys at the Benevolent Bazaar stalls.

For those who dress in 1900 - 1908 finery, join the elegant “Paper Poppy Pageant” costume competition. To register for the Paper Poppy Pageant, call 510-444-2187 or email PardeePicnic@aol.com for details.

Enter through the Pardee carriage house on 12th Street for this occasion

Other SF Bay Area Fireworks and 4th of July Events for 2008:
SAN FRANCISCO: Waterfront Fireworks Show & Concert (Aquatic Park)
OAKLAND: Fireworks Festival & Live Music (Jack London Sq.)
BERKELEY: Family Celebration & Fireworks (Berkeley Marina)
SAN JOSE: All-day America Festival and Fireworks (Discovery Meadow)
MOUNTAIN VIEW: San Francisco Symphony Concert & Fireworks (Shoreline Amphitheater)
SAN RAFAEL: Marin County Fair Fireworks Show (Marin Cty Fairgrounds)
Complete list of 66 Fourth Of July 2008 Fireworks & Events in SF Bay Area