Happy Friday! This week, PHW added 150 photos to Flickr. Thirty-five of those photos are some of the very last images we had left to scan from the 1976 Architectural Survey, which are all properties on the north end of the Loudoun Street Mall. The photos are at the end of the album.
The remaining 115 photos are from the 1999 History Adventure Day Camp “In the Footsteps of Washington.” The week long sessions explored what life would have been like for a young George Washington when he lived in Winchester.
The camp activities started on Monday with Scot Marsh demonstrating surveying techniques in the fields of Glen Burnie. Tuesday, the campers traveled to Stephens City for a day of archeology at the Pitman House, one of the oldest houses in Stephens City. Dr. David Powers and Linden “Butch” Fravel led the digging into the Valley’s history. Wednesday, the children visited Washington’s office in Winchester and then traveled to explore a colonial fort and Native American site in Frederick County. Thursday saw a trip to Millwood’s Burwell-Morgan Mill, where campers met the miller and then played colonial games, music, and tried their hand at crafts. The camp culminated on Friday with a colonial feast at Abram’s Delight. The children partook in a normal day of chores spinning, weaving, and candle-dipping before preparing their own meal.
The camp was co-sponsored by the Fort Edwards Foundation, the Glen Burnie Museum (better known now as the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley), PHW, and the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society.
Catch the new photos at the top of the Flickr photostream!
