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Shirley Plantation: Oldest family business in North America
Virginia Manor - Shirley  /  July 29, 2013

Shirley Plantation: Oldest family business in North America

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Bell Tower restored with recently fired bricks: Jamestowne
Virginia 1607-1699 Jamestown  /  July 28, 2013

Bell Tower restored with recently fired bricks: Jamestowne

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William Strachey, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Jamestowne
Virginia 1607-1699 Jamestown  /  July 27, 2013

William Strachey, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, and Jamestowne

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Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village Palladian Inspired
Jeffersonian Classical Architecture  /  July 25, 2013

Thomas Jefferson’s Academical Village Palladian Inspired

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Updating my Ancient Greek chiton to a Fortuny Delphos Gown
Sewing Historically  /  July 22, 2013

Updating my Ancient Greek chiton to a Fortuny Delphos Gown

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Great Falls of the Potomac, Washington, and a Canal
Virginian - George Washington  /  July 21, 2013

Great Falls of the Potomac, Washington, and a Canal

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Gilded Age Vanderbilt Seasonal Mansion on the Hudson
Visiting New York  /  July 16, 2013

Gilded Age Vanderbilt Seasonal Mansion on the Hudson

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Gilded Age grandness at Hildene in Manchester, Vermont
Visiting Vermont  /  July 15, 2013

Gilded Age grandness at Hildene in Manchester, Vermont

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Costume Vignettes at Independence Day events: Sewing Journal
Colonial Williamsburg Time Travels  /  July 8, 2013

Costume Vignettes at Independence Day events: Sewing Journal

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Fifes and Drums beat Independence Day: Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg Time Travels  /  July 7, 2013

Fifes and Drums beat Independence Day: Colonial Williamsburg

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