02-26-2023 Harford Magazine - Flipbook - Page 38
Best of Harford
Tom Koluch and
Bridget Graff, volunteer
blacksmiths at
Jerusalem Mill, create
pieces of art from steel
during Harvest Day in
October.
PHOTO BY NATE PESCE
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OUT & ABOUT
Jerusalem Mill
Best Museum
2813 Jerusalem Road, Kingsville. 410-877-3560. jerusalemmill.org
Go back in time at the restored 18th and 19th
century village, complete with a general store,
smokehouse, blacksmith shop, springhouse and grist
mill. Living history interpreters dressed in period
garb recreate the times and what they were like for
residents of the early Quaker settlement, established
before the American Revolution. Here, men do
leatherwork, women cook on open hearths, and
visitors gape as they look back to the everyday lives of
a bygone era.
“For many, history is ho-hum boring, just dates in
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a book, but we make it tangible,” said Betsy Keithley,
president of Friends of Jerusalem Mill, which
maintains the site. “We put history in a completely
different light — and make it relevant.”
The venue also hosts summer concerts, jousting
tournaments and seasonal festivals. This year, for the
first time, children who explore the museum can do
so wearing outer garments of the era — long hunting
shirts for boys and vintage dresses for girls — handsewn by volunteers.