January 22, 2025
Tag: Jane Frances Arlington
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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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June 3, 2021 3 Comments
Safe and dependable matches were not commonly available until the second decade of the 20th century. Before that, people who needed fire had to use the flint and steel method of making fire or they had to find a way to “borrow” fire from a neighbor. “Striking a fire” was time-consuming and difficult. “Borrowing” was at best unreliable; what would you do it your “borrowed” fire went-out on your way home?