How a tiny dry leaf from the other side of the globe worked its way into the cultural identity of a young nation.

Join living history interpreter Audrey Stuck-Girard as she prepares a few cups of 18th-century tea with antique teaware and discusses the ways the beverage impacted cultural traditions, global trade, and revolutionary politics in 1700s America.

Audrey Stuck-Girard is an actor, costumer, and living history interpreter who has been portraying Abigail Adams and other historical figures from Revolutionary America for over a decade. A true millennial, she works a full-time job while fostering several “side-hustles” through her one-woman business, Cuffed & Coiffed. Audrey collaborates with educators, historical societies, and venues of all sizes to create and perform programs on early American history. Additionally, she has developed some renown as the person to go to for an 18th-century man’s wig. She lives in Boston with her partner and child.

Part of Bigelow Free Public Library’s Revolution 250 Series, supported, in part, through the Freedom’s Way NHA Partnership Grant Program