The John Brewer Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century meet at The ... Cast iron was perfect to use over an open fire. Food could be cooked by boiling or baked, and coals could be pulled out ...

In 1623, during a period of food scarcity in Plymouth Colony (in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts), the colonial governor William Bradford wrote an oft-cited letter complaining that the “best ...

Archaeologists at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate found a hoard of 18th-century bottles buried in an old cellar holding their original contents from 250 years before.

Brehant, Sr. passed away this past June, not far from his 94th birthday. Colonial Day 2022 featured food provided by the American Legion, a woodland Native people village, a blacksmith shop ...

This dramatized story of a colonial boy, Nathan, and of his trip to the city of Portsmouth. This dramatized story of a colonial boy, Nathan, and of his trip to the city of Portsmouth, gives a ...