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  • Quilts for a Cause

    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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Past Article

Hy Mariampolski
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Some think the 1950s was a period of innocence. Here is a postcard history that may change your thoughts and enlighten your opinions about what was happening as the roots of diversity took hold in the subterranean nightclubs of New York. It was not like the TV programs that aired while we were doing homework at the dining room table.

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