She plays with a wooden doll, practices tunes on her flute and shows visitors around the historic Village Inn as she learns to be a docent. Both are members of the Battleground Historic Society.
Docent is a Latin term that describes a leader or teacher.
Today it is applied to volunteers who primarily serve an educational function in zoos, aquariums, museums, parks and historic homes. With her mother also wearing a historic outfit, Magda and other members of the Battleground Historical Society are showing off the historic Village Inn in Englishtown, shortly after 10 a.m. Magda gets to literally put herself into the style clothing and shoes of a child of a bygone age. Magda says she is very proud of her accomplishments learning what life was like in Colonial America. John Lindenthal is the society's president, and Manalapan historian Lydia Wikoff is a charter member of the group.