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Riversdale Foodways Symposium: Interpreting the Tidewater Dairy

  • Riversdale House Museum 4811 Riverdale Road Riverdale Park, MD, 20737 United States (map)
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Both Rosalie Calvert and her son, Charles Benedict, ran commercial dairy enterprises at Riversdale. Join us for a day of presentations featuring speakers from Colonial Williamsburg, Genesee Country Village, and Hampton Historic Site on the duties of the dairymaid, period correct cattle breeds, and investigations of Tidewater dairy buildings. Lunch, demonstrations, and cheese tasting included. Reservations required. ($)

Later Event: April 19
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