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Students take step back in time at Bradford House event
Homeschooled students from throughout the region were given an up-close look at 18th-century living during the first ever Homeschoolers’ Day at the Bradford House in downtown Washington. More than 270 people attended Tuesday’s event, hosted by the Bradford House Historical Association.
The Bradford House garden and parking lot were filled with outdoor 18th-century games and chores simulations. Hearth cooking was demonstrated in the kitchen cabin. And each room of the Bradford House had a docent available to highlight artifacts and to answer questions.
The Meeting House was lined with demonstrators and hands-on activities, such as quill pen and slate writing, weaving, and wool felting and dyeing. The Whiskey Rebellion Education and Visitor Center was open for walk-through tours while the checkerboard was a fun stop for most.
The event enabled the historical association to fulfill its mission to educate on 18th-century living, David Bradford and the Whiskey Rebellion.
Visitors came from various Pennsylvania counties, including Fayette, Allegheny, Westmoreland, Greene, Lebanon, Butler, Beaver, Lawrence, and Washington, and also Wheeling, Weirton and Morgantown, W.Va., and Ohio.
The next Homeschoolers’ Day will be held Oct 1.
For more information about the Bradford House, visit www.bradfordhouse.org/.