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    Pic of the Week #7 – Crime and Punishment in Colonial Maryland
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Aug 16, 2011
    • 1 min

    Pic of the Week #7 – Crime and Punishment in Colonial Maryland

    After nearly 2 months of learning about colonial Maryland history, writing scripts, rehearsing, and braving the hot “Dog Days of Summer”,...
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    Meet the Cast of Museum Theatre Interns at the National Colonial Farm
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Jul 19, 2011
    • 3 min

    Meet the Cast of Museum Theatre Interns at the National Colonial Farm

    Shanice Jones interprets "Cate Sharper" Shanice Jones, born in Washington DC, recently graduated from Salisbury University with a...
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    Support Museum Theatre at the National Colonial Farm
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Jul 8, 2011
    • 1 min

    Support Museum Theatre at the National Colonial Farm

    How You Can Show Your Support for Museum Theatre at the National Colonial Farm Make an online donation today! Attend the show! WANTED:...
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    The Curtain Rises at the National Colonial Farm
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Jun 28, 2011
    • 2 min

    The Curtain Rises at the National Colonial Farm

    Tales from the Pillory Walking through the picnic area mid-morning last Saturday, I faintly heard someone singing. It sounded a bit like...
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    Accokeek Foundation
    • Jun 21, 2011
    • 1 min

    Weekend Vignettes

    Sunday, July 24, 2011 – Leading up to our Colonial Day: Crime and Punishment event our Museum Theatre Interns will be performing weekend...
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    “Where’s The Beef?” Foodways Found it This Month
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Jun 1, 2011
    • 2 min

    “Where’s The Beef?” Foodways Found it This Month

    It was a fairly warm Saturday on the National Colonial Farm but under the shade of a poplar tree the Accokeek Foundation held its monthly...
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    Pic of the Week #3 – May 31
    Accokeek Foundation
    • May 31, 2011
    • 1 min

    Pic of the Week #3 – May 31

    This week’s Pic of the Week photo was taken during an educational film shoot on the National Colonial Farm. Can you think of a great...
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    We Take It, You Name It: Pic of the Week – May 17
    Accokeek Foundation
    • May 17, 2011
    • 1 min

    We Take It, You Name It: Pic of the Week – May 17

    A few weeks ago, we rolled out a Caption Contest for the photographs selected for Pic of the Week. Each week, staff members tour the...
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    A Walk in the Park: Springtime Meanderings
    Accokeek Foundation
    • May 11, 2011
    • 1 min

    A Walk in the Park: Springtime Meanderings

    Some days it’s just too BEAUTIFUL to be stuck indoors. Today was one of those days–mid 70s and sunny with a slight breeze. Perfect! So I...
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    Pic of the Week Caption Contest
    Accokeek Foundation
    • May 3, 2011
    • 1 min

    Pic of the Week Caption Contest

    One of our favorite things to do at the farm is to take photos — lots and lots of photos! From the barnyard and the colonial site to the...
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    Public History Fellow Organizing African American Heritage Day
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 31, 2011
    • 1 min

    Public History Fellow Organizing African American Heritage Day

    by Lisa Hayes, Director of Public Programs and Education Meet Terence Johnson, Public History Fellow at the Accokeek Foundation From the...
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    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 31, 2011
    • 3 min

    Food for Thought

    by Matt Mattingly, Manager of the National Colonial Farm and Historic Interpretation You know what I miss the most about Southern...
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    The Hog Blog
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 29, 2011
    • 1 min

    The Hog Blog

    by “Sally” Recently my photo was selected by a London publisher for inclusion in a new book by Brett Mizelle (a professor at California...
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    Remembering Clara Moran: An Extraordinary Woman
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 19, 2011
    • 3 min

    Remembering Clara Moran: An Extraordinary Woman

    Clara loved her mums Throughout its history the Accokeek Foundation has been blessed by the contributions of many extraordinary women....
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    Colonial Cooking Books
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 18, 2011
    • 2 min

    Colonial Cooking Books

    The Accokeek Foundation's Foodways program explores the foods that our colonial ancestors ate and the ways in which these foods were...
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    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 17, 2011
    • 3 min

    Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Wrench

    Last month I gave a workshop on museum theatre at the Small Museums Association conference. Museum theatre is a valued part of our ...
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    Washington’s Birthday and Washington’s View
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 1, 2011
    • 2 min

    Washington’s Birthday and Washington’s View

    by Wilton Corkern, President In 1793 George Washington wrote that, “No estate in United America is more pleasantly situated than this.”...
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    Tobacco’s Tools
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Mar 1, 2011
    • 1 min

    Tobacco’s Tools

    The eighteenth-century tobacco barn on the National Colonial Farm is filled with dry tobacco. Bundles of dried tobacco plants hang from...
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    Missive from the Reading Room of the American Antiquarian Society
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Jan 21, 2011
    • 1 min

    Missive from the Reading Room of the American Antiquarian Society

    by Lisa Hayes, Director of Public Programs and Education In December I learned that I had been selected for a four-week Creative and...
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    Discover Maryland Foodways this March
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Jan 19, 2011
    • 1 min

    Discover Maryland Foodways this March

    In March of this year the National Colonial Farm will premier its newly developed Foodways program.  Over the years this successful...
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