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Heirloom gardens and finding your roots is the theme of Historical Society's Hungry for History

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Heirloom gardens and finding your roots is the theme of Historical Society's Hungry for History series program on March 19
 
The Manitowoc County Historical Society will present a Hungry for History series program on Wednesday, March 19 at 11 am at Branch Station, 8112 Village Drive in Whitelaw. The lecture style program will take place at 11 am with a meal to follow. 

Planting a Garden and Finding Your Roots tells the story of heirloom gardens and how you can learn Wisconsin's garden history and compare it to your own family's story. The program will be lead by author Susan Apps Bodilly, daughter of famed Wisconsin author Jerry Apps.

The talk includes learning how to “think like a historian” by using primary source documents related to gardens to discover our state’s history. The inquiry strategy of “observe, think, wonder” encourages you to think in new ways, collaborate, and research our garden history. The presentation includes ideas for theme gardens, crafts, and ways to get started putting seeds in soil.
Advanced registration is required, preferably one week prior to the program. The cost is $35. MCHS Members receive a 15% discount.

Other Hungry for History series programs will include; Tavern Tales of the old Northwest on October 22; and Maritime Archaeology and Shipwrecks of Manitowoc County with Caitlin Zant on November 12.

For more information or to register for a program, call the Historical Society at (920) 684-4445 or visit ManitowocCountyHistory.org. 

 
 
About the Manitowoc County Historical Society
Nestled in the scenic rolling Ice Age Kettle Moraine countryside of Eastern Wisconsin, the Manitowoc County Historical Society is a museum of living history. This 60-acre interpretive museum of local history features a Welcome Center with local history exhibits and research services and the outdoor Pinecrest Historical Village - a collection of over 25 historic buildings with period furnishings from Manitowoc County's early settlers. 
 
Pinecrest Historical Village began in 1970 with a land donation from the Hugo and Eleanor Vetting family.  The Village has grown to represent a reproduction of a small Wisconsin community during the early 1900s. The buildings form the commercial, social, and political core of a town and they represent several architectural styles of Wisconsin's history. The furnishings, items, and tools in the various buildings used by the Pinecrest Village interpreters are either original pieces or carefully researched reproductions. 

For more information on the Manitowoc County Historical Society, contact the museum at (920) 684-4445 or ManitowocCountyHistory.org. 
 

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