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SHOOTING MATCH bore with exemplary fortitude and below. And, of course there is On Tuesday the 22d day of August will resignation, Mrs. Mary Heinlmen, aged Yellow Fever!! which will continue to be shot for at the House of the 61 years and 8 months, a native of this rage in October. Hopefully our new subscriber, (12 miles from Savannah, on city – leaving behind her son and class of docents will be up and the Louisville road,) two Beeves and a several daughters, with number of running by the time our fall season number of Turkeys – to be shot for with grand children, and numerous friends to begins in late September. Thank you Rifles, Shot Guns, and Pistols. mourn over her memory. She was a to all of you for making our special Charles M. Goolsby. mother, kind and affectionate – as a programs and well as our daily tour August 16, 1823. Savannah friend, sincere and fervent- and as a program happen. We are looking to Daily Republican. Christian, meek and humble, evincing an active and vital fall! in her last moments her feelings in the TEN DOLLARS REWARD. just decrees of her Divine Maker by SHOP NEWS: Ranaway from the subscriber about the never uttering the least complaint - Look for new items in the shop 6th day of July, two negroes, while apparently suffering under the including a reproduction balance toy Edenborough and March, Edenborough most excruciating agonies. which retails for $29.95 and a is a light complected African, negro, August 8, 1826. Savannah Republican. reproduction metal Uncle Sam bank about thirty five years of age, five feet which retails for $25. four inches high, has a number of his DAVENPORT HOUSE CALENDAR - Peach preserves are on sale country’s marks on his face and body, AUGUST 2012 throughout August for $3.71 (25% speaks bad English and appears to get Monday, August 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. off). in a passion if not understood. March is – Junior Interpreter (final - Soon to be in is a beautiful guest twenty years old, of a black classroom gathering) towel with the image of our iron complextion, five feet six or eight inches Thursday, August 2 from 10 a.m. medallion from the front of the high. – They are thought to be in to 4 p.m. – Junior Interpreter museum house. The Savannah, as both of them have been a Day I towel has been designed great while in that place previous to Friday, August 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 by Victoria Ward who their going into Carolina. The above p.m. – Junior Interpreter Day II also designed the reward will be given to any person who Tuesday, August 7 at 11 a.m. – Savannah scarf which the will lodge them in jail in Savannah, or DHC Nominating Committee shop and other Savannah deliver them to the subscriber in Noon – DHC Meeting retailers offer. The guest Purysburgh, S.C., of five dollars for 4 to 6 p.m. – Learning Center/ towels will sell for $12.50. either of them. “Jane Austen’s Traditions: Tea at Joseph H. Beck the Davenport House” JUNIOR INTERPRETERS TO MAKE July 31, 1823. Savannah Daily Republican Monday, August 13 at 5:30 p.m. – A GRAND SHOWING: AUGUST 2 Madeira refresher/update and AND AUGUST 3 Woman . . . was, made of a Man’s rib. planning for motor coach tours A fine group of young people will Many frivolous queries have been fall 2012 complete training as Junior proposed concerning this circumstance Tuesday, August 14 from 5 to 6 Interpreters in early August and will in the creation of Woman; but it ought p.m. – Davenport Dancers provide two days of tour giving. to satisfy us, that this mode of her Tuesday, August 21 from 5 to 6 Because of the size of the class there formation was most agreeable to the p.m. – Davenport Dancers will be Junior Interpreter Days on Divine wisdom; and it may suggest some Thursday, August 23 at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, August 2 and Friday, practical hints of no small importance in —Davenport House Endowment August 3 –with tours being offered all domestic life. “The Woman was taken, Directors day, both days by the newly trained not from the head of man, to usurp Tuesday, August 28 from 5 to 7 JIs. On August 2nd, Ellie authority over him; nor from his feet, to p.m. – tentative KP use Darbyshire and Clare Devlin will be trampled on by him; but from his Wednesday, August 29 5 to 7 p.m. mentor the new JIs and assist the side, to be regarded as next himself; – tentative KP use public with questions. On August 3rd, under his arm to be protected; and near Haley Powell and Gabrielle his heart, to be beloved by him.” August is our “getting ready month.” Rashleigh will be mentors. August 21, 1819. Savannah Republican. We will need to prepare for the series If you have time please come by

of motor coach visits spotlighting one of the JI Days and let these newly DIED hospitality and Madeira wine as well trained JIs know how proud you are On the 5th inst. after a short as the offering to Road Scholars for of them for their commitment this but painful illness which she the fall. See the schedules and articles summer. In addition to meeting over eight weeks on Thursday evenings, The DH aims to please its discerning seven dates in the fall – September they shadowed tours by accomplished crowd once again and needs astute 27, October 24, October 11, October docents as part of their training. and delightful volunteers to handle 18, October 25, November 1 and Welcome Eric Aupperle, the groups that arrive at 6:30 precisely November 8. The entire group will Bastian Friedrick-Moe, Deanna on Friday evenings (and on Thursday, watch the 13 minute version of the Flynn, KaLynn Gibbs, Katherine September 20) beginning September new DVD Isaiah Davenport: Hewitt, Mary Hibberts, Angela 7. The museum needs one docent for Portrait of the Master Builder. Nave, Macy Thompson and Nora every 10 tourists plus a server each Following this, the group will be Webb. evening – usually 5 workers to divided into two smaller groups. accommodate a full motor coach for During the course of their time with FAUX FOOD WORKSHOP: FRIDAY, an evening’s touring. The museum us they will take a brief walk to SEPTEMBER 7 FROM 9:30 TO 11:30 will offer a training and refresher on Greene Square to see other properties Please sign up for the Making Faux Monday, August 13 at 5:30 p.m. If associated with Davenport. The tour Food workshop planned for there is interest, following a review of experience will focus on the house as September 7th if you are interested in Madeira program logistics, Jamie will a home and workplace with a more the topic. Participants will add present an abbreviated version of her pronounced use of touch basket another skill to their “tool box.” We research on alcohol consumption in materials than on the regular tour. will determine on August 24 if the the early 19th century (previously only Please let Jamie or Jeff know if program will actually come to pass as presented for Senior Citizens, Inc.). you can help with this important we need 10 paying participants to Note: She will begin emailing workers series. cover most of the costs of the to get their commitments in early workshop. John Sherrer from August. YELLOW FEVER: DREADFUL Historic Columbia Foundation is the Madeira program schedule: PESTILENCE RETURNS presenter and will travel from Friday, September 7 For the 10th season the DH will Columbia to be with us. If you would Friday, September 14 present its October special about the like to participate contact Jamie or Thursday, September 20 Yellow Fever epidemic of 1820. The Jeff and have a check for $35 in to Friday, September 21 museum depends on docents and Jeff by August 24. Friday, September 28 volunteers to spread a good word Friday, October 5 (also Yellow Fever) about the living history experience. WELCOME NEW DOCENTS Friday, October 12 (also Yellow Fever) This year’s - Four new docents and one newly Friday, October 19 (also Yellow Fever) presentation will refreshed docent made for the - Word to know: demijohn- a large offer primarily summers Docent Training Class. narrow-necked bottle usually the story Please welcome (or re-welcome) – enclosed with wicker work. presented last Nikki Frazier, Fran Molieterre, Origin: folk etymology from French year which was Barbara Spaulding, Joyce Zehl and dame-jeanne, literally, Lady Jane. a major rewrite. Emily Pickels to the DH. These First known use 1769. [Merriam Participants will ladies now will complete training by Webster] gather in the Kennedy Pharmacy for a shadowing veteran docents and going Other definitions: container for debate between two Savannah on an evaluation tour with Dottie fluids used in brewing. newspaper editors as to the nature Kraft. Let’s encourage them to Synonym: “carboy” – various sizes and severity of the pestilence which complete their training as soon as from 1 to 6.5 gallons. began among the strangers being possible. In Britain, a demijohn refers to a 4.5 lodged in Washington Ward. - In late, July Joan Waite completed liter brewing vessel. Following this they will move her evaluation tour and is now a full- through the house, engaging fledged DH docent. ROAD SCHOLARS ARE COMING: Savannahians experiencing the fever FALL SERIES including free-man-of-color Mingo, MADEIRA MA DEAR: PLANNING The DH will see Road Scholars portrayed by Jamal Touré. And FOR THE FALL SCHEDULE through AASU this fall with a new note, there will be new components One of the biggest treats for program focusing on Isaiah and as a valued added service, Dr. motor coach visitors Davenport and early 19th century Daniell will hold a medical seminar who come to the daily life. A training session for following the last performance each museum in the fall to volunteers will be scheduled in evening to explain further the sample Madeira is not September. Program logistics include epidemic and its treatment. the sweet beverage but the arrival of up to 40 participants at Rehearsals for the program will the astute and delightful 2:30 on Thursday afternoons after begin in August. people they find here. having had lunch at 17hundred90 on This year’s cast includes Jeff Program: The World of a Slave: THE NEWEST CULTURAL VENUES Freeman, Iain Woodside, John The Material Culture of IN SAVANNAH!! Leonti, Lauren Purcell, Jan Vach, Slavery in the United States The DH is planning its fall volunteer Anne Hagan, Jody Christie, Additionally: The DH hosts Martha field trip for Friday, November 16 Emily Pickels, Jamie Credle, with stops to include the Savannah Katz-Hyman, co-editor of the Tiffany Miller and Jamal Touré. ground-breaking survey World of a Children’s Museum and the Slave: Encyclopedia of the Material Life Pinpoint Museum with lunch plans PROGRAMS AND EVENTS of Slaves in the United States, who will on the grounds of a private home in SCHEDULED FOR THE FALL: speak on her work for the second the Beaulieu area of Chatham Dreadful Pestilence: Harvest Lecture Series. County. Keep an eye out for this Of this scholarship an authority has Savannah’s Yellow Fever and mark your calendar -- in pencil! written, “Enslaved blacks retained some Epidemic of 1820 private realm that included toys, musical DH DONATIONS Friday and Saturday nights in instruments, clothing, jewelry, and October 2012 Exxon Mobil Foundation through distinctive hair styles. . . . It is through Dan and Diane Reitman Two performances: 7:30 p.m. and 8:45 such objects and practices that modern p.m. people can gain at least some Shirley Diller $15 in advance for adults, $10 in understanding of the day-to-day lives of Memorial for Alice Jones Carr from advance children (ages 8-17) and $17 for these men, women, and children.” Dudley and Ann Kootz adults and $15 for children at the time Informing us “on the material world of of the performance slavery such as what they saw, touched, RESEARCH Reservations recommended. Limited heard, ate, drank, and smoked; worked We found photocopied documents attendance. with and in; used, cultivated, crafted, and believe they are from Carol 60 minutes played, and played with; and slept on,” Jennings’ research at the Georgia Participants in the living history hers is “a landmark work in this Historic Society. They include performance experience the story of important new field of study.” several pages of early 19th century yellow fever’s dreadful consequences Free to the public but reservations for which transformed the bustling seaport seating are required. 912.236-8097 recipes. This one is fun. of Savannah into a ghost town. The The lectures will be held in the Kennedy Ratifia Cordial action commences with a war of words Pharmacy at 323 E. Broughton 1000 [peach] kernels put into a 2 gallon between competing local newspapers on Street, Savannah jug with 1 gallon best fourth proof brandy the fever’s outbreak and the municipal A reception and opportunity to meet the poured on them. Two bottles of Frontignac action that followed. Moving through speaker will follow. - 2 bottles Madeira wine – 2 pin bottle of the house and garden by candlelight, rose water – 2 pint bottle of orange flower th visitors observe the 19 century Holiday Evening Tours by water – two lb of loaf sugar – seal the jug inhabitants as their thoughts turn to the contemplation of their own mortality Candlelight & give it a shake daily throughout the December 26 -30, 2012 and feature a consideration of the nature summer – The peach kernel to be split 6 to 8:30 p.m. of phantoms, spirits, supernatural before putting them into the jug. Admission: $8 adults in happenings and the ultimate nature of Ratifia - A spirituous liquor flavored advance, $10 at the door; the soul. The fate and experiences of $5 children in advance, with the kernels of cherries, apricots, the uncounted half of the city’s $7 at the door peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and population, both free and enslaved Glistening by candlelight, Africans, are revealed. As a culmination, sweetened with sugar the Federal-style home welcomes each visitor will participate in a “Lottery Peach kernel – another name for visitors to an experience emphasizing of Life and Death.” apeach pit the end-of-year celebrations of early 19th Not suitable from children under 8 years century Savannahians, including the Frontignac – a sweet muscadine of age. Davenport household, who lived in the wine The performance requires that guests be able to fine brick home on Columbia Square. walk up and down stairs and maneuver in the Light refreshments, music and skilled WHILE WE DANCE WE LEARN: candlelit rooms. interpreters who show visitors through Several new dances appeared in the

the home are among the highlights of nineteenth century, supplementing or in DH Harvest Lecture Series at the presentation. some cases replacing older ones. The first to the Kennedy The performance requires that guests be able to arrive was the waltz, which was little Pharmacy: walk up and down stairs and maneuver in the known in America before 1800. It slowly Monday, November 12 at 7 candlelit rooms. gained a foothold in the first decade of the

p.m. nineteenth century, to become the rage after Speaker: Martha Katz- DOCENT TRIP: TENTATIVE 1815. At the time considered a Hyman PLANS TO TRAVEL – bacchanalian couples dance, the waltz was FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 danced in rapid triple meter, with a pastime, his lordship began to read - William Godwin – (1756-1836) continuous turning motion, as the couple the first part of Mr. Coleridge’s English journalist and novelist. orbited each other as they circled the room. It Christabel, then unpublished; and Mr. - Miss Godwin – Mary was the first modern ballroom dance, in Shelley is said to have been so deeply Wollstonecraft Godwin (1797- which the couple remained in physical contact affected, that he ran out of the room. 1851), English novelist, and did not interact with others as in the After the application of the usual Frankenstein, and writer, wife of country dance or the quadrille. Between restoratives, Mr. Shelley was brought Percy Shelley, daughter of William 1815 and 1825 the waltz established itself to his senses; but the incident served Godwin. as the most popular dance in American. Its to return the thoughts of the company - The New Monthly Magazine unrivaled popularity lasted until the mid- upon stories of ghosts; and it was (essay date 1819) - "Original 1840s, when the polka arrived. finally agreed among them, that each Communications: Extract of a [The Cambridge History of American should write a story about those Letter from Geneva, with Music.] terrific beings: Miss W. A. Godwin, Anecdotes of Lord Byron, &c.," lord Byron and Mr. Shelley, entered in The New Monthly Magazine, Vol. POLO SHIRTS: upon the task. The results of Miss XI, No. LXIII, April 1, 1819, pp. DH staff have obtained Godwins’s labors was published some 193-206. Mistaking attributes polo shirts with the DH time since, under the title The Vampyre to Byron. and HSF’s logos. Frankenstein. The Vampyre was lord Authorship was John William Having them will take Byron’s performances; and the editor Polidori. the guess work out of of the New Monthly Magazine says, work attire on some he has the tale of Mr. Shelley still in - “usual restoratives” – your guess days. The shirt’s intent reserve. This explanation cannot help is as good as mine is to identify staff and volunteers on the improbabilities of the Vampyre; - Frankenstein – (1818) Novel by special programs dates and when DH but absurdity ceases to disgust, when Mary Shelley about about a folks venture out into the greater it was known that nothing but creature produced by an world. We want people to know who absurdity was intended. – Phil Union. unorthodox scientific experiment we are and what we represent. Please July 5, 1819. Savannah Republican Background on the Byron and Shelley let a staff person know if you would vampire situation from Wikipedia: like to purchase a shirt for $36 (cost). -[Alfred ]Lord Byron (1788-1824) In the summer of 1816 Byron settled at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, English Romantic poet. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772- Switzerland, with his personal physician, Celebrity Culture and Mistaken the young, brilliant, and handsome John Identity:! 1834) English Romantic poet, works: William Polidori. There Byron befriended Under: EVERYTHING OLD IS The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and NEW AGAIN: OR, Christabel, and Kubla Kha. Shelley's future wife Mary Godwin. - Christabel (1797 Coleridge poem, YES, THEY WERE READING ABOUT Kept indoors at the Villa Diodati by unfinished: Wikipedia synopsis - The story the "incessant rain" of "that wet, ungenial VAMPIRES IN 1819 SAVANNAH! of Christabel concerns a central female summer" over three days in June, they character of the same name and her encounter turned to reading fantastical stories, with a stranger called Geraldine, who claims to BYRON’S VAMPIRE including Fantasmagoriana, and then The readers of this singular have been abducted from her home by a band of rough men. devising their own tales. Mary Shelley production, as it has been reprinted in Christabel goes in the woods to pray to produced what would become this country, will doubtless be the large oak tree, where she hears a strange Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, and perplexed to know what it can mean. noise. Upon looking behind the tree, she finds Polidori was inspired by a fragmentary They will be disgusted with its glaring Geraldine, who says that she had been story of Byron's, "Fragment of a Novel", improbability and feel not a little abducted from her home by men on to produce The Vampyre, the progenitor of horseback. Christabel pities her and takes her the romantic vampire genre. Byron's indignant, that lord Byron should take home with her; supernatural signs (a dog advantage of his popularity, to play barking, a mysterious flame on a dead fire) story fragment was published as a upon the good nature of his admirers. seem to indicate that not all is well. They postscript to Mazeppa. The truth is however, that the tale was spend the night together, but while Geraldine Romantic undresses, she shows a terrible but undefined not written in earnest; and it was ill mark: "Behold! her bosom and half her side---- vampires judged in the American publishers to / A sight to dream of, not to tell! / And she is theme omit that part of the article in the to sleep by Christabel" (246-48). Her father, Byron’s "The Sir Leoline, becomes enchanted with New Monthly Magazine, which gives Giaour" is notable a history of its production. Geraldine, ordering a grand procession to announce her rescue. The unfinished poem for its inclusion of It appears that lord Byron was ends here. the theme of one evening in the company of two - Mr. Shelley – Percy Bysshe Shelley vampires. After daughters of William Godwin, and a (1792-1822) – English Romantic telling how the Mr. Shelley. – Among other modes of poet. giaour killed Hassan, the Ottoman narrator predicts working with such a fun staff and I A look at the DH Guest Register: that in punishment for his crime, the love meeting new people. During the month of July (2012), the giaour will be condemned to become a DH: What is the most unusual think DH saw visitors from 35 states and 7 vampire after his death and kill his own that has ever happened to you at the countries last month. Our foreign dear ones by drinking their blood, to his Davenport House? guests came from Australia, Canada, own frightful torment as well as theirs. Byron became acquainted with vampires Pamela: I was applauded after a tour Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Russia while on his Grand Tour. once which just totally shocked me---- and Saudi Arabia. Interesting The association of Byron with -----didn't know how to react.----- I hometown names include Brilliant, vampires continued in 1819 with the love sharing my knowledge of the AL, Brussels, IL, Monroeville, IN, publication of The Vampyre by John house to others!! Persia, IA, Cecilia, LA, Animas, NM, William Polidori, which was inspired by an DH: How long have you been in Streetsboro, OH, Prosperity, SC and unfinished story by Byron, "Fragment of a Savannah? Grapevine, TX. Novel", also known as "The Burial: A Pamela: I moved to Guyton, Georgia Fragment", first published in Mazeppa in How They Heard About Us (in one year ago after my husband died to descending order of frequency): 1819. The lead character, Lord Ruthven, be closer to my children who was based on Byron. Polidori had Tour guides, ghost tour, Juliette previously worked as Byron's doctor and live there. I now live in an early 1800's Gordon Low, carriage tour, the two parted on bad terms. Much to two story house. Cobblestone Connections, Foley Byron's annoyance, The Vampyre was I moved from Washington, GA where House, Savannah Walks, Internet widely attributed to him and even included I lived for 30 years restoring an 1885 (Living Social), trolley tours (Old in the third volume of Byron's works by Victorian house. I was also very Town Trolley, Oglethorpe, Old popular demand. Polidori is thought to involved in that community: Member Savannah Tours), guide books have encouraged this, seeing how it of City Council for 14 years, chairman (Frommer’s, AAA, Rough Guide), increased sales considerably. Lord of the Downtown Development Ruthven was the first portrayal of the brochures, Friends, maps, walk bys, Authority for 8 years, President of the relatives, concierges (Hampton Suites, vampire as a debauched aristocrat. Chamber of Commerce, President of Inn at Ellis Square), repeat visit, Kiwanis Club, Board member of the DOCENT SPOTLIGHT Visitors Center, Girl Scouts, TV, Historic Foundation. books. Pamela Eaton DH: Have you ever lived anywhere DH: How did you come to else? What They Had To Say: be associated with the Pamela: Before living in Washington "Remarkable & fascinating." "Guide Davenport House? Georgia, my husband and I lived in was very thorough and friendly." Pamela: I was touring the city with a Inman Park in Atlanta, Georgia where "Rachel was awesome." "Great tour." friend and walked into the gift shop to we were part of a pioneer group that "Well kept." "Awesome tour." "Great! get information re: becoming a docent helped that neighborhood get off the Enjoyed the guide, Marty!" "I loved it and met Charlotte who was delightful ground back in the late 60's early 70's- so much!" "So thankful to see this." and gave me Jamie's name & phone ------My husband was the very lst "Thank you Susan for a lovely number. chairman of the Inman Park Arts commentary." "Thanks, I loved it." DH: What do you do outside of the Festival which just had its 41st year of "Very interesting - historically & Davenport House? success! visually." "Great restoration." Pamela: After running an antique DH: What is your favorite season in "Beautiful home, lovely guide." shop in Washington GA for 20 years, Savannah and why? "Amazing!" "Wonderful." "Well I became a full-time Antiques & Pamela: I love the spring and fall done. Informative." "Gorgeous." "A Decorative Arts Appraiser. I am a when the weather is just right. The treasure!" "Wonderful tour by guide member of the Georgia Trust, best time for touring Savannah and Wilma Wheton." "Very nice tour. National Trust for Historic attending garden parties! One of the best." "Excellent, Marty. Preservation, MESDA, Georgia DH: What is your favorite thing to Great tour." "Enjoyed the tour Museum of Art do in Savannah? enormously." "A+ grade." Winterthur Museum, Decorative Arts Pamela: Since I've moved to this "Knowledgable guide. Very nice." Trust, South Carolina Silver area, I have toured almost every "Fantastico!" "Very neat and Society, Auction Marketing Institute, museum in Savannah and some educational." "Amazing. Really Appraisers National Association. twice. I've also been enjoyed our guide." "Great. Friendly DH: What is your favorite thing on several historical and informed host." "Absolutely about the Davenport House? walking tours which gorgeous." "Great house and tour." Pamela: I love learning more and have truly helped me "Lynn was lovely." "Delightful more about the house and how it is to learn this wonderful docent, Linda." "Impressive and being preserved, plus how far it has city!! Touring amazing." "That was sooooo cool!" come since the first restoration museums is my very "Amazing home. Glad it wasn't torn movement. It is a great part-time job favorite past-time!!! down." Let’s Move! – What does it have to do with us!

Jamie recently attended the Associa- siblings (in the form of JIs), parents - 31 tion for Living History, Farm and and grandparents (as docents and vol- Davenport House Agricultural Museums (ALHFAM) unteers)? One believe healthy habits total walk through annual meeting in Dallas. One of the make from good examples and getting including walking sessions presented was on how muse- out of the house, being active, interact- through the differ- ums participate, or should participate, ing with people, actively using our ent rooms - in the Let’s Move initiative to engrain brains is a good thing! And, that’s Approximately in children the value of physical activ- what the DH is all about. 220 steps ity and making the right dietary choices championed by the First Lady Michelle Currently, the museum is creating a Juliette Gordon Obama. On the need to tackle this dance program and while nobody in- Low House topic, childhood obesity, Mrs. Obama volved is a Baryshnikov, all are seeing -From entrance to dining room- 37 says, “The physical and emotional improvement in their steps and more steps health of an entire generation and the importantly a vibrancy in their being -From dining room to Library-25 steps economic health and security of our which comes from team movement -From library to formal parlor-15 nation is at stake.” and accomplishment. The only dis- -From formal parlor to informal parlor appointment is that the DH could not -13 Museums that address this issue can entice any of its young people into the -From informal parlor to exploration receive national recognition if they program. However, ten adults ranging level, starting in the middle of the floor exhibit ways for young people and in age from 21 to 65 are dancing! And, to four rooms on self guided tour-30 families to make healthy choices as there is time and room for recruits! -From exploration to garden and walk- well as talk about health. They can do ing around the perimeter then exiting things as simple as offer healthy snacks As for our visitors, we asked our intern through the front door- 200 as an alternative to the typical vending summer Emma Smith to document Juliette Gordon Low House walk machine fair. Several museums were the number of the steps it takes to through nonstop - cited for health choice options includ- walk to and take all three tours in our Approximately 320 steps ing Hancock Shaker Villager in Mas- popular Pioneers in Preservation sachusetts which has a café and an pass program (Davenport House, An- Andrew Low House universally accessible walking trail. drew Low House and the Juliette -From entrance to study-20 steps Shelburne Farms in Vermont is all Gordon Low Birthplace). She came -From front parlor to back parlor- 5 about gardening, produces organic up with 3,526 steps in her youthful -From back parlor to dining room-10 produce and has a community nutri- stride Those who visit the DH and -From dining room to center of explo- tion program. Heinz History Center partner houses are well on their way to ration floor -40 in Pennsylvania labels its steps with an optimum day’s movement of -From exploration floor to between relevant history information and when 10,000 steps! the four rooms on the floor-32 someone climbs all the steps he/she -From between rooms to exit-49 receives a prize. So—while the DH may never receive a Andrew Low House total walk medal through the Let’s Move initia- through— One of the points touted was the idea tive, we know we are doing our part Approximately 194 steps of “moving a little bit lots of times a moving little bits lots of times a day! day as being beneficial.” Davenport House to Juliette Gordon LET’S MOVE—SAVANNAH!! Low House- So you may wonder what this has to Davenport House Approximately 763 steps do with the DH. Well, for years we -From first step to office-28 steps have thought of ourselves as a place of -From office to morning room-6 steps Juliette Gordon Low House to An- wellness and activity both for our visi- -From morning room to dining room- drew Low House - tors and our community. We know 10 Approximately 933 steps that having a core of over 75 people -From dining room to Cornelia’s who know our story and climb all over room, master bedroom, through to Andrew Low House to Davenport the site in presenting it has got to be boys room-26 House - beneficial for all involved. Though we -From Cornelia’s room ect. To display Approximately 1,096 steps do not have a lot of programs directed of bucket -41 specifically at young children, can there -From display to balcony-12 Trip in Total be a better thing for a child than hav- -From balcony to garden-12 Approximately 3,526 steps ing good and healthy examples in their -From garden to exit through gift shop