Kate Hanfling
Library Favorites: I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures
Hello everyone and happy fall! This month’s pick is a fun one! Carlyn Beccia’s I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History’s...
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Kate Hanfling
- Aug 2
- 3 min
Library Favorites: We Are Still Here!
Welcome to July’s edition of Library Favorites. This month features Traci Sorell's "We Are Still Here."
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Kate Hanfling
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Library Favorites: A Farmer’s Alphabet
Hello again, everyone! Since last month’s book, The Hog Island Sheep in State of the Ewe-nion, was geared towards older children, I...
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drishell
- Jun 6
- 3 min
Watershed Health and What YOU Can Do About It
written and researched by Maya Kohn with support from Cameron Hall, interns from the Lab School of Washington In recent years, many of us...
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Accokeek Foundation
- May 26
- 1 min
Request for Bids for Recreational Trails Enhancement in Piscataway Park
Accokeek Foundation is soliciting bids for recreational trails interpretation enhancement in Piscataway Park.
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Kate Hanfling
- May 6
- 3 min
Library Favorites: Lattes with Lambs Edition
Hello again, everyone! Welcome to our third installment of Library Favorites. You can check out all of our blog entries, including...
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Kate Hanfling
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Library Favorites: Momma Tree by Charles Long
Hello again, everyone! I hope you enjoyed reading about three great resources for kids to learn about dirt and soil. If you missed it,...
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Shemika Berry
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Celebrating Women's History Month with Dr. Gabrielle Tayac
The Accokeek Foundation stewards the sacred homeland of the Piscataway People in Piscataway Park. This Women's History Month, we sat down...
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Kate McGowan
- Mar 11
- 2 min
Want to learn more about Early America? Start your research here!
From time to time, we get asked for help with homework, research problems, and burning questions from the public. So, we thought we’d...
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Kate Hanfling, Volunteer
- Mar 11
- 3 min
Library Favorites: Kids Books About Dirt
Here at the Accokeek Foundation, we love digging into a good book, particularly if there is something we can learn from it. It's only...
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Shemika Berry
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Harriet Tubman's Owl Call That Led to Freedom
The landscape of Piscataway Park is fruitful with trees, marshy areas, shaded foliage, and a strong river. It's also home to many animals...
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Kate McGowan
- Feb 12
- 4 min
Three Eighteenth Century Inspired Valentine Ideas
Decorated Love Letter c.1809 (Free Library of Philadelphia) It’s easy to assume—looking down the seasonal aisles of the grocery store at...
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Kate McGowan
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Epiphany, the last hurrah for Christmas.
It’s January 6th, and if you’re particularly organized, you might have packed away all of your Christmas decorations by now. But does...
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Kaylin Beach
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Invasive Issues
A single look around the Piscataway Park forest and you may miss just how many non-native plants and critters are in view. Upon a closer...
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Kaylin Beach
- Oct 13, 2021
- 4 min
Come Dye With Us: Avocados
With our annual "Come Dye With Us" program coming up on October 23rd, we thought it may be fun to throwback to last year's dye day. We...
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Shemika Berry
- Oct 4, 2021
- 3 min
Hear Us, See Us: The Importance of Storytelling
The last blog “Hear Us, See Us: The Importance of Native Heritage” discussed heritage and how thoughts and memories of family members...
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Shemika Berry
- Oct 4, 2021
- 2 min
Hear Us, See Us: The Importance of Native Heritage
Heritage. For many people, the word "heritage" brings thoughts and memories of family members long gone, pride in their culture, and a...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Sep 25, 2021
- 2 min
It's National Hispanic Heritage Month and we wanted to learn more about Latino Outdoors
We talked with Albert Arévalo who has volunteered with Latino Outdoors since 2016. Here is what he had to share.
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Kate McGowan
- Aug 24, 2021
- 4 min
The Potomac River - An All-You-Can-Eat Buffet?
"Are there really fish in there?" It's a question we field from young visitors to the park fairly often, and the answer, of course, is...
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Shemika Berry
- Aug 4, 2021
- 2 min
Hear Us, See Us: Museum Partnerships
By: Shemika Berry Last month, the Accokeek Foundation published a blog offering various ideas to museum, traditional, and non-traditional...
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