Scout Meyers, 4, enjoys a big bite of whipped cream and strawberries Saturday during the Little Women Tea at the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass.

It was mere serendipity that brought Tracy McCullough and her 6-year-old daughter, Analene, to the Watkins Community Museum of History for Little Women Tea on Saturday.

The New Orleans residents were visiting Lawrence and discovered the event that was part of the 12th annual Civil War on the Western Frontier, an annual tradition that commemorates Lawrence’s history and the anniversary of William Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence on Aug. 21, 1863.

In the bottom floor of the museum, Analene went straight for a box of boas, hats and white gloves to adorn herself before she sat down for tea.

“I love it. I love to dress up,” she said.

Analene, who is home-schooled by her mother, also loves reading books about girls from certain time periods. That was precisely the emphasis of the event that focused on four sisters from Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women,” which took place during the Civil War.

This was the second year for Tea Time.

Kerry Lippincott, museum curator, said she designed the afternoon tea last year not only because she loves Alcott, but because she could sneak in a children’s history lesson.

“There are similarities between the sisters and them,” Lippincott said of the young girls in attendance. “Even though they lived over 100 years ago, they aren’t so different.”