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where it’s always the same temperature, air quality, and humidity regardless of the time of the year or weather.” He and the other interpreters in these ancient buildings take the weather and their working quarters in stride.
Russ said that, first and foremost, his job is to interpret the old days in a realistic setting to modems. This requires considerable communication skills, as well as experience in the art of blacksmithing. Besides being physically hard work, Russ has tasks the public never thinks about. He said he has “deadlines to meet; programs to plan; stock and coal to order; training to schedule and conduct; research to do; orders to fill; costumes to maintain; tools, equipment, and building to maintain; and a budget to prepare.”
Handled with care
Each visitor is handled with respect and is told about forging iron in Ireland in the 1700s, and about the various immigrant groups who settled in . Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. All questions are answered, even ones like, “What’s your middle name? Did they have coal back then? Do you live here? What kind of underwear do you have on?”
With varying numbers of visitors entering the forge at any one time, Russ has to be on his toes to match forge work with explanations, and
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