July 08, 2024
Lyric Lott, WPAMC '24
Figure 1: Image of the inspirational Chesapeake crab potato chips.
Somewhere along Route 13 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, I found myself in possession of an intriguing bag of potato chips. The bag had caught my eye during our group lunch stop with its bright colors, zany fonts, and adorable crab cartoon. Upon first sniff, the “Chesapeake crab” flavored chips gave off an aroma of Old Bay that is all too familiar to ...
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July 01, 2024
Laini Farrare, WPAMC '24
Figure 1: Main House at Drayton Hall, circa 1750. Photo Courtesy of Laini Farrare.
Our Southern Field Study was a roller coaster of sights, sounds, and wonderful BBQ of course. Something that I thought about deeply during our travels was the emotional ride that accompanies visiting the South, with its vast landscapes, looming plantation homes, and silent presence. This silence does not only represent the audio landscape, ...
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June 24, 2024
Taylor Rossini, WPAMC '24
A picturesque historic street is hardly complete without its requisite cobbled paving stones. Evocatively pre-industrial, charmingly challenging to navigate, we encountered cobblestone streets in numerous site visits throughout both Southern and Northern field studies. While today the historic downtowns of many a colonial city include cobblestone streets, these pleasingly “original” features are subject to dubious ...
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June 17, 2024
Dorian Cole, WPAMC '24
Charleston is a city of layers, buildings on top of buildings on top of bodies. As part of a local ghost tour, a guide assures visitors in a cemetery that they shouldn’t worry about stepping on the graves because “no matter where you stand in this city, you’re stepping on someone’s grave.” In Charleston, the Civil War sits stiffly on the lap of the Revolution. Lost Cause monuments share a park with the grave of a ...
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