January 16, 2025
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The Rising Sun Tavern
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Fredericksburg, Virginia Postcards from Six Decades Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is among the most historic places in America. It was built about 1760 as a home by Charles Washington. Charles was the youngest brother of George Washington. Born in 1738 and raised in…
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July 9, 2020 3 Comments
In the early spring of 1950 signs like this one started to appear in the front windows or on the front doors of homes across America. This one from Connecticut and ones like it appeared as warnings that a quarantine was in affect designed to prevent the spread of polio. Postcard History’s guest contributor, Sandy Cobb relates how the flu epidemic of 1918 and the polio pandemic of 1950 were dealt with in her home state of Virginia.