Family Puzzle Hunt
Sponsored by Computer Harbor
120
East Main Street, Port Jefferson - 631.331.7543
Pick
up the clue package at the Festival's Dickens Alley table inside the
Village Center or on East Main Street.
Each package contains the four
corners of the puzzle and a sheet with clues to find the other eight
pieces.
The first 100 families to complete their puzzles
will receive a Victorian keepsake.
Instructions:
To complete your puzzle you need to find the historic landmark indicated by the
clue. Write each answer on your sheet and look for the store in the vicinity
that has the puzzle piece associated with that answer. You may have to visit
several stores before finding the puzzle piece. The first 100 families to
complete the puzzle will win a special Victorian keepsake. To see if you
have won, visit the Dickens Festival table at the Port Jefferson Village
Center on East Broadway.
About Port Jefferson: Port Jefferson was originally called Drowned
Meadow because the area was tidal and was ‘drowned’ by
the tide twice a day. East Main Street followed the edge of the salt
marsh and was the original “Main Street.” The villagers
voted to change its name to Port Jefferson in 1836 in honor of
Thomas Jefferson, who helped the village by securing money to
dredge the
harbor so that Drowned Meadow could build larger and deeper boats.
The village was the largest shipbuilding center on Long Island
in the 1800s with four out of every ten ships built here.
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