Landscape Historian at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Recent PhD frm William & Mary. Early America, knowledge-making, & kitchen gardens 🌱 public & digital history. She/her. Views my own.https://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3kwzcrsvcdr2mDr. Bell!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2024 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwzcrsvcdr2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3kqqpapl6rk2uSo thrilled for my amazing colleagues, and thrilled for us all that we get to learn from this find! "Beard and other archaeologists have now discovered two intact bottles that still had, along with liquid, some of the cherries they contained when they were buried about 250 years ago." 🗃️🌸 https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2024/04/22/cherries-george-washington-mount-vernon-1770/22 Apr 2024 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqqpapl6rk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3kmw2k3d3fk2pRe-upping this fantastic opportunity for community and mentorship with the MHS. Current grad students & recent PhDs can apply. 🗃️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2024 01:54 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmw2k3d3fk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3km3u22fw7s2pGrad students & recent PhDs (historians 🗃️ & beyond!), I encourage you to apply fr the MHS's Early Career Scholars Committee & Mentorship Program. Members connect w/ other grads, learn abt career paths & access the MHS's many resources. Apps due 3/15: masshistfellowships.slideroom.com#/login/progr... https://masshistfellowships.slideroom.com/#/login/program/7607323 Feb 2024 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3km3u22fw7s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3kgw6df54mc2wMinnesota has a new flag! Big proponent of flags that are easy to remember, that kids can draw, that don't try to say EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE. Also, the MN-shaped dark blue portion is genius. I'm into it! Thoughts? https://www.startribune.com/tuesday-we-get-a-flag-minnesota-commission-to-finalize-new-state-flag-design-north-star/600329292/19 Dec 2023 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgw6df54mc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3kdmmmnjn6j2pSome Tuesday validations, via Robert B. Thomas's "Farmer's Almanack" (1818): "Your house, your barn, your sheds, stables, corn-house, wood-house, and all your possessions denote good husbandry." Keep it up, #skystorians! 🗃️07 Nov 2023 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdmmmnjn6j2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3kbddzypzjg2sI've written lots this year abt how early Americans strategically gathered apple seeds & cuttings, grafted trees together, & tended tree nurseries. Unsurprisingly, yesterday's apple picking involved more awe than usual. 🗃️ Sidebar: my 1st time trying Jonagolds (ca. 1943 NY) & they are GREAT.09 Oct 2023 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbddzypzjg2shttps://bsky.app/profile/hollygruntner.bsky.social/post/3kawvkvxuqc2qSkystorians 🗃️, hope to see you @ 1 of the exciting seminars #MHS! All free to register w/Zoom option. The next is 10/10, 5 pm ET #environment & #labor hist. but there's a seminar for many interests, frm biography to #digitalhistory, Am #civilwar to #earlymodern https://www.masshist.org/research/seminars04 Oct 2023 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:5sofngwui46gwaot5ohw2q4i/app.bsky.feed.post/3kawvkvxuqc2q