Sat, Oct 18
|Manchester Community Library
George Washington's Corn Whiskey and Thomas Jefferson's Peas: Farms, Gardens, and the Founders
This event will take place at the Manchester Community Library.
Time & Location
Oct 18, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Manchester Community Library, 138 Cemetery Ave, Manchester Center, VT 05255, USA
About the event
Find out what crops and garden veggies were grown in (and around) 1776 and why – and learn about Harvard’s hasty pudding, the all-American pumpkin, the problematic potato, and the reason for all those New England stone walls.
Rebecca Rupp has a Ph.D. in cell biology and biochemistry from George Washington University and now works as a professional writer.
She is the author of some 200 articles for national magazines, on topics ranging from the natural history of squirrels to the archaeology of privies, and nearly 20 books for both children and adults. She blogs on food science and history for National Geographic.
This event has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read. NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The goals of the NEA Big Read are to inspire meaningful…
