Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds: How American Culture Came to Be

Podcast of the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia.

Episodes cover specific historical topics, like medicine, architecture, or art, but also provide a behind-the-scenes look at a living history museum. For more on each episode, visit our Wordpress: www.banjostringsanddrinkinggourds.wordpress.com!

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Banjo Strings and Drinking Gourds: How American Culture Came to Be

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Listen to 54 episodes
Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate
27 minutes ·

Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate

Historic Trades at the FCM
51 minutes ·

Historic Trades at the FCM

Elizabethan Free Grammar Schools
27 minutes ·

Elizabethan Free Grammar Schools

When Christmas Was Banned
35 minutes ·

When Christmas Was Banned

History of Carols
26 minutes ·

History of Carols

Forgotten Holidays
22 minutes ·

Forgotten Holidays

Abolition Pt. 2
47 minutes ·

Abolition Pt. 2

Staunton History
38 minutes ·

Staunton History

Naval Revolution
29 minutes ·

Naval Revolution

Abolition Pt. 1
28 minutes ·

Abolition Pt. 1

Medical Interpretation
26 minutes ·

Medical Interpretation

Historical Pop Culture
48 minutes ·

Historical Pop Culture

The Middle Passage
27 minutes ·

The Middle Passage

Cost of Clothing
39 minutes ·

Cost of Clothing

History in the Ground
30 minutes ·

History in the Ground

The Peterkin's Christmas Tree
10 minutes ·

The Peterkin's Christmas Tree

Vernacular Architecture
46 minutes ·

Vernacular Architecture

A Talk with Dr. Megan Newman
24 minutes ·

A Talk with Dr. Megan Newman

Valley Folklore
38 minutes ·

Valley Folklore

Juneteenth
16 minutes ·

Juneteenth

One Drink or Two?
31 minutes ·

One Drink or Two?

Worst Years in History
51 minutes ·

Worst Years in History

Age of Sail and Shipping
45 minutes ·

Age of Sail and Shipping

Midwifery and Maternal Care
24 minutes ·

Midwifery and Maternal Care

Inequality in the New World
26 minutes ·

Inequality in the New World

Black History Month
9 minutes ·

Black History Month

Reenactment vs Interpretation
37 minutes ·

Reenactment vs Interpretation

Haggis: Love it or Leave it
27 minutes ·

Haggis: Love it or Leave it

Christmas 1645
18 minutes ·

Christmas 1645

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