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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

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There may be no other place in the U.S.A. where the “soft side” of American politics is on exhibit than at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. It was there, nearly 80 years ago that FDR died, but he is still relevant.

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