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March Green Thumbs Garden Blog
Read about all of the wonderful work being done in the gardens and fields of Piscataway Park!
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Accokeek Foundation
- Mar 10, 2022
- 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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Accokeek Foundation
- Jan 6, 2022
- 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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Accokeek Foundation
- 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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Accokeek Foundation
- 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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Accokeek Foundation
- 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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Accokeek Foundation
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
National Gardening Day
Hello everyone! We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s post on some recommended books to get you started in the garden. If not, you can find it...
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Accokeek Foundation
- Apr 2, 2021
- 3 min
Processing the Process: Hog Island Wool from Sheep to Skein
Did you know that we use the wool produced by our Hog Island Sheep to make yarn? Volunteers shear the wool, process it, spin it, and dye...
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Accokeek Foundation
- 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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Accokeek Foundation
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
"On the Farm": An interview with photographer Aliza Eliazarov
We sat down with Aliza Eliazarov to learn more about her new photography book, On the Farm. Here's what she had to say.
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Accokeek Foundation
- 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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Accokeek Foundation
- 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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