History lessons from an old house

Warning: You’ll never look at old floors the same way again.

My wide pine flooring is patriotic. No, my old farmhouse floors aren’t red, white, and blue. In fact, in some places the centuries-old planks are horribly worn, with no stain at  all. But their age and width tell me they’re patriotic. Our New Hampshire farmhouse was built right after the Revolutionary War.   The American

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