October 27, 2024
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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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October 3, 2023 5 Comments
In Scotland it’s “One, two, three, Aleerie. In America, it’s “One, two, Buckle My Shoe.” It can also be, “The Ants Go Marching, one-by-one,” “Count 100 Sheep to Fall Asleep,” or “99 Bottles of Beer on a Wall.” All around the world we learn to count by reciting poems or rhymes that teach us to count. Postcards make good educational tools.