. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. l—xcited laughter echoes through the main hall of Poplar Grove. The stately Greek Revival plantation house on the fringe of Wilmington is dressed for the holidays and filled with the aroma of mulled cider and sweet cakes. It's how the Foy sisters — Mary Frances, Abbey and Theresa — remember the holidays in their historic homeplace. "We were bom and raised on the plantation, and we all marned from this house," recalls Mary Frances Foy Sanders, the youngest of the trio of octogenarians. "At Ch
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. l—xcited laughter echoes through the main hall of Poplar Grove. The stately Greek Revival plantation house on the fringe of Wilmington is dressed for the holidays and filled with the aroma of mulled cider and sweet cakes. It's how the Foy sisters — Mary Frances, Abbey and Theresa — remember the holidays in their historic homeplace. "We were bom and raised on the plantation, and we all marned from this house," recalls Mary Frances Foy Sanders, the youngest of the trio of octogenarians. "At Christmas, the house was filled with laughter, and there were lots of parties," Abbey Foy Anger adds. "We square danced in the front and back ; The sisters remember simple holidays — a cedar tree cut from their land and decorated with handmade ornaments, wreaths on doors, greenery with red bows on the black walnut banister lining the steep stairway, and scores ofvisitors. "We never would get many toys. Perhaps a baby doll. We treasured the apples and nuts in our stockings," recalls Theresa Foy Hall. Memories flow as the sisters greet visitors at the annual holiday open house, sponsored by the Historic Poplar Grove Foundation. Scheduled this year for Sunday, Dec. 5 from noon until 5 , the event is free and open to the public. The nonprofit foundation, which now owns and manages the homestead, draws from the plantation's historic records — and especially from the sisters' vivid memories — to recreate the festive holiday atmosphere. The dining room table is set with the family china and crystal. A typical holiday meal might have been cured ham and oysters smoked in a pit of burning marsh grass, the sisters 12 HOLIDAY 2004. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the orig
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