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Winter Woes and Wonders
The National Colonial Farm imagines a fictional family—the Boltons—to reveal the realities of life for non-wealthy landowners and...
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Accokeek Foundation
Sep 13, 20131 min read
United Way Day of Caring 2013
Their work on the tobacco barn and Laurel Branch — through the application of “witch’s brew” (turpentine, boiled linseed oil, and pine...
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Accokeek Foundation
May 30, 20131 min read
Colonial Homeschool Day
Calling all homeschoolers! Join the Bolton family at the National Colonial Farm and spend the day learning about life on a small tobacco...
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Accokeek Foundation
Mar 27, 20131 min read
Stitch ‘n Time Club
Volunteers meet on the second Saturday of every month from 1-4 pm, in addition to completing at-home volunteer projects between meetings....
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Accokeek Foundation
Feb 5, 20131 min read
New Volunteer Position! Colonial Foodways Sous-Chef
This volunteer position is to assist with the interpretation of the National Colonial Farm through the belly (and the kitchen), as we...
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Accokeek Foundation
Nov 22, 20117 min read
Colonial Foodways 2011: Looking Back
by Matt Mattingly During the winter of 2010, the National Colonial Farm began to reexamine what is known in the living history world as...
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Accokeek Foundation
Nov 7, 20112 min read
The Hog Blog: A Hog’s-Eye View of Twilight Tales
by Sally The haunted farm house--complete with frightening Jack-o-Lantern. Rocky and I have the best hog’s-eye view of our favorite event...
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Accokeek Foundation
Aug 16, 20111 min read
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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Accokeek Foundation
Jul 19, 20113 min read
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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Accokeek Foundation
Jul 8, 20111 min read
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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Accokeek Foundation
Jun 1, 20112 min read
“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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Accokeek Foundation
Apr 26, 20111 min read
The Accokeek Foundation Holds Its Annual Children’s Day Event
Each year, hundreds of visitors flock to the farm for this popular, annual event. This year, Children’s Day will be held on Saturday, May...
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Accokeek Foundation
Mar 18, 20112 min read
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 1, 20111 min read
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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Accokeek Foundation
Jan 19, 20111 min read
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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