Friday, September 19, 2014 – The final morning of our Road Scholar Program

Rusty had clearly saved one of the best programs for the final morning.  Our speaker, Tricia Buie, makes history come alive with her living history presentations throughout the Southeast.  This morning’s program was titled “A Southern Woman” and demonstrated the complex clothing for a woman in the South during the Victorian era.  The demonstration was accomplished by Tricia helping one of our participants put on all the required parts of the costume.  Dawn was the “volunteer,” and we all had a great time observing and laughing at the complexity of dressing for a woman in the South.  Just learning to sit down was a major accomplishment!

We then all said good-by to our new friends and took with us all the memories for this very busy, educational, and fun week. 

Andrea and I did not need to leave immediately for our drive to the Jacksonville airport, so we took a sidetrip to the Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation on the mainland just north of Bruswick, Georgia.  The plantation home was built in the 1850’s and stayed in the family until 1973 when the last remaining family member left the plantation site and home to the state of Georgia.  Today the interior is filled  with the original furnishing, including furniture, books, china, and bedding.  The site is definitely worth a visit if you have time before or after your Road Scholar program.

 As we drove to the airport, Andrea and I were already planning for our next Road Scholar adventure!