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Five 18th Century Recipes You Can Make During Quarantine to Give Yourself a Tiny Bit of Serotonin
For those of you who are able to social distance, it might have been a couple of weeks since you last made a grocery run, and you might...
Accokeek Foundation
Apr 30, 20203 min read
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Switchel: America’s OG sport drink
Before Gatorade, Powerade, and Vitamin Water, Switchel was the drink of choice for rehydration. by Kate McGowan, Museum Interpreter “I...
Accokeek Foundation
Jul 26, 20194 min read
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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...
Accokeek Foundation
Mar 14, 20197 min read
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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”...
Accokeek Foundation
Mar 29, 20183 min read
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Women’s History: Paying Tribute to Frances Bolton
Frances Payne Bolton was the founder and first President of the Accokeek Foundation. She purchased the 500-acre Bliss farm in Accokeek in...
Accokeek Foundation
Mar 15, 20112 min read
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