April 12, 2026
Tag: Confederate White House
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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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December 18, 2022 4 Comments
NYC has never had a tour guide like Dr. Miriampolski. After reading his account of New York ballrooms, I was gasping for breath and my feet hurt. Often, I have wished that I was born fifty years earlier so I could be part of the fun, instead of just reading about it. Dance the nigh-away was a saying I heard in my youth. Today, all I want is to dance – morning, noon, or night – I don’t care!