Daily Archives: July 29, 2021

Longwood Gardens closed

SEE TWO UPDATES BELOW Longwood Gardens announced a closure of its facility Thursday, July 30 because of an on-site vehicle crash. Details of the accident were not released except that no guests were injured. Three people were evaluated by the Longwood Fire Company, with two treated on the scene and one transported to a local hospital for further evaluation. The Gardens will remain closed until…

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Anna Elizabeth Kiefer talks about 18th century washing at Newlin Grist Mill on Aug.8. (Photo credit: Buddy Secor for the American Battlefield Trust.)

• For most of human history, clothes were washed by hand. The Newlin Grist Mill will open its 2021 Newlin Series on Aug. 8 at 3 p.m. with The Power of the Sun: Washing in the 18th Century,” Teacher and historian Anna Elizabeth Kiefer will discuss the public history myths about laundry and personal cleanliness in Britain and in Colonial America. Then she will take…

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