As our beloved curator Bill Todd used to say:
"Who's ready to have some fun?"
"What's the fun of August burning?
Weary folks are seaward turning.
In the streets torrid heats
Quiver where the fierce sun beats.
By the ocean, coolness, motion,
Beauty's found, and waves' commotion;
Breakers roaring, swimmers swimming,
Spray and foam and bubbles brimming.
Dainty crafts their white wings trimming;
Vanished health and heart returning, ---
That's the fun of August burning!"
(from St. Nicholas Illuntrated February 1874)
Welcome to the Wells Branch Homestead. The Family Bench is the 9' wood bench on the front porch that is low to the ground on one end and higher for adults on the other. You can see it on the left side of the porch if you look carefully. That family bench was made to seat and show the whole family.
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