Could have forecasted at that time the problem that the whole country and definitely the valley would face some 40 years later. There were a lot of community. For example, when the main part of the house was built, this is a nice log house, that would be a community event. You might have four corner men responsible for the notching of the logs and everything else. But the entire community would take part. Much like a modern barn raising amongst the ommish and other folks because they would catch up on news and do some courting and get together and socialize. So the community was definitely much more involved in things like that and these folks are lutheran and they went to the local Lutheran Church, raiders Lutheran Church in Rockingham County and that would form their Community Events through the church. But they would also be form projects maybe when someone was bringing in a crop, folks would share that you know, share some of the duties in return for help from that family for some
Very much an english parlor. We have dishes on display to show fancy china. An english influence on architecture to create a room for guests and to display your fanciest goods, but were right next to a very german bedroom. Having the mom and dad of this household sleeping on the first floor is a very german tradition. That master bedroom is right next to this english parlor. Then we have porches on the front and back of this house, which are a west african influence on american architecture as well. The house itself is just a whole big story of how these cultures are coming together and blending to create this new American Culture that we still add to today. Its not finished by any means, but this is kind of where were at by the 1850s. Thanks for visiting the Frontier Culture Museum today. Were open 362 days a year. Wed love to see you out here, so please come and visit us in stanton, virginia. This is the second of a twopart series on the Frontier Culture Museum. Part one explored dai
In the case of woodhouses. So second and third sons are left with, you could say nothing, tangible. An the second and third sons would be leaving and going to america to seek their fortune, you could say. Or they could choose the military, the university. And maybe be an apprentice to another tradesman much like Joseph Woodhouse was. The other thing that i would like to mention that is a Common Thread is people are wanting to have a place of their own. Whether it be english or irish or german. And so if the oldest son gets everything, then the second and third sons are going to need to leave to go to america if they want to have land. And if you came to america, before 1700, paying your passage, of course, on a ship bound to virginia, you had the right to receive 50 acres of land for free. So that was an enticement for many of the second and third sons. My name is jerry kester and im a costumed interpreter on the scotch irish farm. The time period here is between 1720 and 1740 and the
Albert gallatin was treasury secretary and a member of the commission that because she did the treaty of ghent. This talk was hosted by the u. S. Capital Historical Society and is about one hour. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I have to ask who is this person that montoya was referring to, wunderkind . I would like to thank my hosts for this afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be among my fellow citizens and be able to discuss at some length what happened in ghent, and to address a few other matters which are of interest to us at this particular time, which is the recent application of napoleonic and the possibilities being discussed, the removal of the capital from the Current Location to another. I will save those for the end of our discussion. As you know or may not know, i was a relatively young man when i came to the treasury. I was 40 years old. Now i am 54 years old. As you can see there has been some change in my appearance in that time. Some would say it is the responsibilit
Part of the district of Columbia Public Library special collections which consists of the washingtonian and black studies. Both of those are located at the Martin Luther king jr. Library. I would like to welcome miss jamie stiehm back. She has become one of our regulars here talking about a disparate group from American History. She is a syndicate columnist and m,ntributor to usnews. Co antedate she will speak about civilbarton remarkable war humanitarian work. [applause] ms. Stiehm this is the Perfect Place to be speaking about civil war washington. The room itself takes us there. I am happy to see all of you. I will speak for about 20 minutes and then open the floor to questions. You probably know that clara nurse. Was a civil war there was much more to her than that. Humanitarian. If she were alive today she might have one the nobel peace prize. In 1861, clara barton was a 39 year old single woman with new england written all over her demeanor. She could not rest easy until she foun