Or go back in time with newsletters from the Farmhouse archives:
Fall 2024
Crazy quilts, plein air paintings of the Farmhouse, and the history of Thanksgiving grace the pages of our Fall 2024 newsletter.
Late Summer 2024
This issue, we catch up with the summer events season at Cherry Hill, including summer camps, Vietnamese Heritage Day, and the Falls Church Women’s History Walk.
Mid-Spring 2024
Learn about the art in the farmhouse, nearby historic sites, and try Martha Washington’s pound cake recipe.
Winter 2023-24
Learn more about the unusual sewing machine upstairs, the success of the 2023 Holiday Shoppe, and the Farmhouse’s Victorian Christmas decorations.
Winter 2023
In this issue, read about the 19th century’s version of “deep fakes,” and how a sack of flour came to be worth $275,000 in 1863!
Summer 2023
Farm to Farmhouse tastings, the fun of shelling corn in the Cherry Hill barn, and the technique behind two reverse glass paintings in the Farmhouse’s dining room.
Spring 2023
The Farmhouse’s role in the Falls Church World Art Day celebration, why Dorothea Dix was also known as “Dragon Dix,” and interpretations of the painting “Pic Nic on the Fourth of July,” a print of which hangs in the Farmhouse parlor.
Winter 2022
What winter on the farm would have been like for Mrs. Blaisdell, embroidery samplers in the Farmhouse bedrooms, and a recipe for “Mrs. Morse’s Tea Cake.”
Fall 2022
Cherry Hill summer camps, the history of the Farmhouse kitchen, and the local “Hope for Tomorrow” mural.
Spring/Summer 2022
The Farmhouse dining room’s reproduction wallpaper, the 2022 Women’s History Walk, and how Edmonia Lewis challenged social barriers and assumptions about women and artists in mid-19th century America.
Fall 2021
Enjoy a recipe for Cherry Bounce, a Civil War crossword, and learning about the Farmhouse’s place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Summer 2021
The 2021 Women’s History Walk, the origin of the Red Cross’s flag, and updates on renovations to the Farmhouse’s basement.
Spring 2021
Play a Cherry Hill crossword puzzle and learn some of the history of the local Stone House and Carlyle House.
Winter 2020
If you have ever wondered how Christmas was celebrated in 19th century America, take a peek inside this issue for fun facts about Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the origin of the Christmas tree tradition, and the evolution of Christmas celebrations through the 1800s.
Fall 2020
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment with a look into the history of women’s suffrage and absentee voting in the United States, then learn about how the Farmhouse’s 2020 summer camp kept campers safe during Covid.
Summer 2020
Discover why—and how—the tea and sugar in the Farmhouse’s kitchen are in the form of a hardened brick and cone, then test your tea knowledge with a fun quiz.
Special Spring Issue 2020
Read about how Covid lockdown in Northern Virginia echoed the experiences of local families during the Civil War, then brighten your day with the Victorian language of flowers.
Spring 2020
Dive into the history of managing disease on the Civil War battlefields and learn about that odd, piano-looking instrument in the parlor (here’s a hint: it’s called a melodeon).