September 22, 2026
Tag: Shenandoah Postcard Show
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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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September 29, 2021 6 Comments
The word “hero” is much used these days, but that’s okay since words are redefined as society sees fit. Here’s a story told in 2012 by a reporter at the New York Times, about a New York City fire chief who in 1912 was their hero. It all started in the basement of an insurance building at 120 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.