October 27, 2024
Tag: Alabama
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Quilts for a Cause
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“Gun Boat Quilt” was a term given to the raffle quilts made by southern women in order to finance the building of gun boats needed during the Civil War to protect the ports of the southern states and the shipping lanes in and out of southern harbors. This is part of the story.
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March 26, 2024 1 Comment
Mark Twain once mused that travel is the best defense against prejudice. If you visit foreign places, learn their culture, study their art, eat their food, and most of all, drink their wine, you will be entranced by the facts you learn.