Mom and I spent the day together yesterday on my yearly birthday outing (we do outings instead of gifts - love it!). Anyway, after several thrift store stops, we toured The Rock Ford Plantation in Lancaster. This historic 18th century home was owned by Edward Hand, a medical doctor and Adjutant General to George Washington in the American Revolution. The house is an excellent example of late-Georgian architecture as it sat virtually untouched for almost 200 years. We enjoyed the tour given to us by the director. I especially liked the basement kitchen where smells of the smoky hearth and dried apples still lingered from the open hearth cooking class held a few days ago. We loved sitting on the gorgeous wrap-around porch watching a deer munching apples from the orchard beyond. It was a lovely day to step back in time for awhile and think on tea parties in the parlor with the President, servants roaming the kitchen garden for herbs, and gorgeous ladies dressed in their elegant gowns. More on our outing tomorrow . . .
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You have given your readers so many field trip idea! I will need to add this to our ever growing list. Thanks!
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