When I was a little girl one of our Thanksgiving traditions was to decorate our Christmas tree. Dear Mother balked at first, but Dear Sister and I argued that the Rich’s Great Tree was lit on Thanksgiving evening, so why shouldn’t the Land family tree follow suit. Faced with that logic Dear … [Read more...]
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The Freedom from Want – A Thanksgiving Image
I love this Norman Rockwell image. Many consider it to be the quintessential Thanksgiving image. Did you know it was inspired by a State of the Union address given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? In January, 1941, President Roosevelt delivered his State of the Union address which is often … [Read more...]
Georgia’s Paul Revere
Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of John Wisdom on the third of May, in sixty-three…. Something isn’t quite right, is it? Back when I was in the classroom I would introduce “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, to my fourth graders when we … [Read more...]
Piecing together Girls’ High: Class of 1919
This book, “The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book” fell into my lap a few months ago. My excitement grew as I turned each page because the book is a treasure trove regarding what I am almost certain is a senior year recap for 1919 belonging to a young lady named Caroline Ashley Adams at Atlanta’s … [Read more...]
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