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Accokeek Foundation

Piscataway Park | National Colonial Farm

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    Want to learn more about Early America? Start your research here!
    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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    Three Eighteenth Century Inspired Valentine Ideas
    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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    Textile Talk: Flax
    Kaylin Beach
    • Jul 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Textile Talk: Flax

    Here’s another textile history lesson for you this fine day, this time on the topic of Flax. Perhaps you are familiar with the term...
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    Hear Us, See Us: Museum Theatre and Beyond
    Shemika Berry
    • Jun 28, 2021
    • 3 min

    Hear Us, See Us: Museum Theatre and Beyond

    Using tools like these, it's possible to deliver programs that educate audiences about the truth of our history
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    Tobacco Tidbit: Planting Perspective
    Kaylin Beach
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min

    Tobacco Tidbit: Planting Perspective

    “It is a truth universally acknowledged that the tobacco plant will be responsible for a substantial improvement in the health of a...
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    Hear Us, See Us: Voicing the Past
    Shemika Berry
    • Apr 24, 2021
    • 4 min

    Hear Us, See Us: Voicing the Past

    First-person interpretation is more than wearing a costume and sharing stories from the past.
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    #National Picnic Day: Picnicking in Colonial America
    Kate Hanfling, Volunteer
    • Apr 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    #National Picnic Day: Picnicking in Colonial America

    Though the concept of the American picnic as we know it today only dates back to the 19th century, picnics in some form have been around...
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    HERstory: Hear Her, See Her
    Shemika Berry
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 4 min

    HERstory: Hear Her, See Her

    This month, as part of Hear Us, See Us, we acknowledge women from various walks of life across the centuries that have shaped this nation.
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    Hear Us, See Us: We Are More Than One Month
    Shemika Berry
    • Jan 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hear Us, See Us: We Are More Than One Month

    A new series of virtual lectures to discuss the importance of talking about all history, all year.
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    We've spent the past few months talking about tobacco. Here's what we learned
    Accokeek Foundation
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    We've spent the past few months talking about tobacco. Here's what we learned

    We have been digging deep into tobacco culture and we have heard the stories of staff, community members, and experts alike.
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    Make Way for Pancake Day
    Kate McGowan
    • Feb 25, 2020
    • 3 min

    Make Way for Pancake Day

    Many in America are familiar with Mardi Gras, but in the UK and Ireland, this holiday has a lesser-known nickname
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    Love Letters in the 18th Century
    Kate McGowan
    • Mar 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    Love Letters in the 18th Century

    “Now Letter-Writing is, to me, the most agreable Amusement and Writing to you the most entertaining and Agreable of all Letter-Writing”...
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