Food for Thought
As we enter the holiday season, let’s take a moment to really be thankful. Not for material goods, or even life, health and strength. Let’s be thankful that we were born in the time...
As we enter the holiday season, let’s take a moment to really be thankful. Not for material goods, or even life, health and strength. Let’s be thankful that we were born in the time...
Last night, in York County, South Carolina, the Culture and Heritage Museums held their annual Keepers of the Culture Award ceremony. This award goes to individuals who find ways to keep the culture of...
So we’re back! Finally I have settled into life down here in Florida, my child is in daycare and has started going back to bed before 8pm. Getting a toddler adjusted to a new...
I know, I know…it’s been over a month since I posted something. I’m telling you, moving is KILLER! But as I wrapped up things at Historic Brattonsville and also am working on packing up...
Well it hasn’t been as long as I thought in between posts but it’s been long enough. My deepest apologies. I have been busy packing and creating an exit strategy as I am leaving...
As I look at all the things I have to wrap up, I find myself having to place some insurance on how the African American story is going to be told in my absence....
I’m used to double standards in life. They exist in relationships between men and women, they run politics and have been one of those facts of life you don’t really care for but they...
So the last post The Teachable Moments in Interpretation talks about how a visitor is brought into the experience of slave life through some powerful first person interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg. Now let’s look...
Thanks to Tom DeWolf, I saw that The Washington Post recently did a story on Colonial Williamsburg and its historic interpretation. The article was written by Rachel Manteuffel and it described her experience visiting...
What do you do when you have no written documentation of how slaves were treated, yet you tell their story? Well, the first thing that you would do is see if there are any...