The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The Historic Athens Welcome Center hosted a free 1800s-oriented event on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 5 p.m. The event featured several different interactive stations that allowed attendees to learn more about the influence different cultures had on numerous artifacts from this period. The event was supported by Georgia Humanities and was a public version of a field trip that the center often holds for K-12 students. The event aimed to illustrate the trades, arts and skills of Western, Indigenous, and West African Cultures present in Athens in the 19th century. “People get to, you know, wander through and stay at each station as long as they like," said Libba Beaucham, guest services coordinator of Historic Athens Welcome Center. “All of the demonstrations are…ongoing, and the information will be repeated, but it's going to be very much driven by the guests' own curiosity.” Beaucham hosted the washerwoman station during the event, which was an interactive station illustrating the role of the washerwoman in historic times. “Something as simple as talking about how do you… wash and dry your clothes with the kids, and comparing it to the, you know, 10 steps to washing clothes back then,” Beaucham said. The event had both outdoor and indoor stations arranged by various local artists and experts. These stations had historical artifacts or recreations of them from…
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