|
About
Us
Forums
Fun
Links
Escapes
Entertainment
Museums
Natural
Sites
Restaurants
Historic
Sites
Valley
Links
Hampshire
Gazette
Weather
PVTA
Five
Colleges
UMass
Amherst
Amherst
College
Hampshire
College
Mount
Holyoke
Smith
College
|
|
|
A voyage in time
by
Regina Lynch
The first thing that caught my
eye was a ceremonial drum. It was brilliantly colored, its skins
dyed blue and red with gold roping. I imagined a soldier bravely
playing it in a battle hundreds of years ago. Gazing at the drum
through its glass case, I could almost hear its slow and steady
sound, beating out the time of hundreds of soldiers’
footsteps.
Visitors to Historic Deerfield will no doubt have similar experiences to
mine. The 13 colonial-era houses that make up the “museum”
are full of more than 25,000 objects made or used between 1650
and 1850. The houses themselves are an historical collection,
clustered along a mile-long neighborhood among more modern,
family-filled houses. The street is full of life and character,
with the beautiful stoic trees that surround the houses pulsing
with history in their aged trunks and branches. (full article)
|
|