Over the
past few years those we who work at the Homestead often wonder on thing... how
would Laura have spent her days, the regular ones? We know how she spent her
heroic day, the story that walked her into the history books and onto a
chocolate box. Yet, what about the everyday stories that made up the rest of
her life?
It is
unfortunate that none of Laura’s correspondence remains that we may get a
glimpse of those days. No diary has been left for us to diligently comb
through. Instead of leaving it a mystery we began to research other ladies
during the period, those who would have been Laura’s contemporaries. How did
they fill their days? The more investigating that we undertook the more we
wanted to learn!
Soon this
research wasn’t enough and we decided that the only way to truly understand the
life of Regency families was to dive into it head first. It was time to get
hands on, despite that fact that these former
norms are becoming lost to history; we were
successful in finding a few instructors to help us in our quest. This blog will
help to illustrate our trials, tribulations, and discoveries of everyday life
in the regency period. What we have discovered so far is that these are not
always easy tasks to take on or master. Without a shadow of a doubt life was
hard back then, but one can surely find pleasures in even the smallest
successes.
So join us
in trying to understand the life lead by this fascinating woman and her
counterparts. Our explorations into the generations past are what we will be
sharing with the world on a weekly base.
For our introductory topic: some
background information we have collected on Laura and her family. Stay tuned to
find out previously unknown facts about this fascinating heroine.
