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May 20, 2013

New Podcast – Fifes and Drums: The Music

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Members of the Senior Corps of the Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums play the tunes that directed a soldier through his day, from morning’s first light to the night’s last ale.

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May 16, 2013

From Our Kitchens: Chicken Pudding

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A favorite dish in its day, this chicken pudding combines elements of a quiche and a cake. Savory yet wholesome, this dish could easily become a favorite in your family, too.

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May 15, 2013

From the Garden, May 15

Transplanted melons under paper frame

“Zatta” cantaloupe

This week we have moved the melons out of the hotbed frame and planted them in the garden under frames covered with oiled paper so that they may not be annoyed by the sun and wind before they have established themselves sufficiently to withstand the rigors of full exposure to the elements. It is of the utmost importance that young transplants are not allowed to wilt for they will never recover to their full vigor if once allowed to wither.

The sweet melon, prized by gardeners and gourmands, appears to have its …

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May 13, 2013

New Podcast – Fifes and Drums: The Instruments

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Learn the history of the instruments behind the distinctive sound of the Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps.

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May 9, 2013

Colonial Williamsburg’s Gift to the Nation

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Registration for our award-winning field trip, “Founders or Traitors,” is free for a whole year! Get free access to this Electronic Field Trip including its award winning collection of video, lesson plans, interactive web games, and resources through May 1, 2014.

Colonial Williamsburg’s Gift to the Nation provides teachers with unique resources to engage student citizens in the values that shaped our nation. The Electronic Field Trip Founders or Traitors explores late 1776, “the times that try men’s souls.” Meet the signers of the Declaration of Independence and discover the risks they took.

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in Gardens, What's New

May 8, 2013

From the Garden, May 8

setting out slips on ridges

separating slips from the potato

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The sweet potato was known in Virginia long before the white potato arrived. Robert Beverly listed the sweet potato as one of the plants “our Natives had originally amongst them” in The History and Present State of Virginia (1705). It is likely that the sweet potato was first brought to Virginia by Spanish explorers or possibly through trade between native tribes. In English garden works, the white and sweet potatoes were hopelessly confused. The white potato originally went by the misleading name of Virginia …

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