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Photos courtesy of Elizabeth Berkhofer Entrants in a gingerbread-eating contest go face first into the confection at the South Charleston Heritage Commission’s Gingerbread Festival, held Sept. 28. |
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| Pamela Neveu, a member of the Civil War reenactors group, explains the fine art of “hair jewelry,” also known as “mourning jewelry.” |
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| The Springfield Dulcimer Society plays on the front porch of the South Charleston Heritage Commission’s log house during the annual Gingerbread Festival. |
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Phillip Wright stirs the ham and bean soup, a traditional goodie of the South Charleston Gingerbread Festival made by Heritage Commission President George Berkhofer. |
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| Larry Marple, a South Charleston Heritage Commission trustee, portrays President Theodore Roosevelt. |
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| Marple/Roosevelt’s "supporters" |
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| Two members of the 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry reenactors group scope out the festivities from the porch of tthe South Charleston Heritage commission’s log house. |
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| Several vendors set up shop each year at the Gingerbread Festival. |
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| Items for sale at the Gingerbread Festival included Colonial-style glass, hand blown by South Charleston Heritage Commission member Kyle White, a journeyman glass blower at Colonial Jamestown. Proceeds from the glassware sales went to the Heritage Commission. |
