What is the offering at the Fraction Cabin and Solitude during the 1872 Forward event at Virginia Tech University?

The offering at the Fraction Cabin and Solitude was left by a descendant of the Fraction family. Offerings should not be touched because it is considered a way to show respect for family members. They are left at the door of a place where ancestors occupied and include things like food, liquor, or smoke (things that ancestors enjoyed while living). After an offering is left, it becomes subject to nature and natural elements including animals, insects, rain, etc. An offering should only be touched and should only be removed by a descendant of the person or family that the offering was left to acknowledge.