Gardens at the Capitol and Smithsonian Castle
For America’s bicentennial in 1976, the Smithsonian Castle installed the parterre, inspired by a print of Philadelphia’s exposition one hundred years before.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
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Visiting Marshall Plan, Colonial Williamsburg, and Lafayette
After the success of Europe’s recovery from WWII under the MarshalI, George Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953, the first for an Army general.
Eisenhower Home and Rose Garden in Gettysburg
Having lived on many military posts in 38 years, then the White House for 8 years, Mamie said in 1978: We had only one home: our farm.
Tea for Two, Fashion, and Gardens: Hillwood Estate
As we toured Marjorie Merriweather Post’s couture gowns from 70s years of the 20th century, Hillwood Estate revealed where fabulous lives.
Oatlands Plantation and Gardens: George Carter I
Every time we’ve driven past the plantation in the last few years, the tree lined drive beckoned me to the hidden mansion and the stories it had to tell.
Gilded Age Vanderbilt Seasonal Mansion on the Hudson
Feeling as though I had stepped into Pride and Prejudice, I looked for Mr. Darcy and his horse.
Jane Austen books were even on sale in the mansion’s gift shop!
Gilded Age grandness at Hildene in Manchester, Vermont
Outside the town of Manchester, which I love to visit, we finally visited Hildene, the summer home of Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln.
Homeschool graduation photos at Lafayette Stepping Stone
Leaning on the Lord, and with a kind heart of service as Lafayette had, standing on his famed Stepping Stone is a metaphor for stepping up into the world.
Napoleonic tea, gowns, swords, and gardens: Hillwood Estate
Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens exhibit, The Style that Ruled the Empires: Russia, Napoleon and 1812, featured two amazing court gowns.
Fencing, gardens, games, bindery: Colonial Williamsburg
Prompting our visit was the EFT premier which my son recently acted for, as aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 in New Orleans.
