Once again taking up the job of a country surveyor, I had the privilege of setting up shop at Mount Vernon's annual Harvest Festival this past weekend. I really do enjoy teaching the public about the math involved in nearly every colonial pursuit, and how it was solved through original period instruments. 

For anyone unfamiliar with the Exchange Hotel museum in Gordonsville, VA, It's a Victorian era hotel that also served as one of the Confederacy's major hospitals during the Civil War. It later became a school for emancipated blacks after the war and then resumed operations as a hotel. Today it operates as a Civil War medical museum, but does a very good job of interpreting its other history, as well as playing host to paranormal investigators and ghost hunters. While hosting other events throughout the year, a special fundraising was held to raise funds for a new paint job that the large building has been so desperately needing for many years. To that end, Lynn and I both lended a hand by interpreting its antebellum period as hotel guests in the first person. If you can, please donate towards this worthy and very expensive goal, as it will go a long way towards the preservation of this very unique and historic building.
theexchangehotelmuseum.org