Monday, May 31, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT
A Lesson in American History
One year ago, the Voorhees family of Beverly, MA, embarked on a four-and-a-half month journey through time. John Voorhees, his wife Michelle, and their 11-year-old son Giacomo, joined 23 others as colonists in a small 1628 New England town for PBS’s “Colonial House” series, which concluded last week.
From eating muskrat to using leaves for toilet paper to enduring strict laws against swearing, the family learned first-hand that colonial life wasn’t always the way it is portrayed in the history books.
In this radio diary, John Voorhees and Michelle Rossi-Voorhees recall the most difficult part of their four-and-a-half months on “Colonial House.”
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