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Category: Holidays

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Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 3)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 17, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley continues her series exploring mentions of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period during the Civil War, 1861-1865... (Read More)

Photo: “Puck” magazine, 26 March 1902. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Happy Days: Our Ancestors Celebrating Spring and Easter (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on April 16, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about some of the many ways our ancestors celebrated springtime and Easter... (Read More)

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Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 15, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley continues her series exploring our ancestors and appearances of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period 1775-1783... (Read More)

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Easter & Our Ancestors Through the Years (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on April 14, 2025

Katie Rebecca Merkley begins her series exploring our ancestors and appearances of Easter in the newspaper, examining the period 1690-1774... (Read More)

Photo: "Puck" magazine, 5 April 1899. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Happy Days: Our Ancestors Celebrating Spring and Easter (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 11, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some of the many ways our ancestors celebrated springtime and Easter... (Read More)

Illustration: shamrocks and stars for St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick Was an Engineer!

By Melissa Berry on March 14, 2025

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry describes a St. Patrick’s Day tradition that has been celebrated at engineering schools for more than 120 years... (Read More)

Illustration: “Happy Christmas” by Johansen Viggo, 1891. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

A Christmas Tree Story (part 2)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 30, 2024

In this second article, Katie Rebecca Merkley gives more history of celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees set up inside the home... (Read More)

Illustration: “Happy Christmas” by Johansen Viggo, 1891. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

A Christmas Tree Story (part 1)

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 24, 2024

In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley describes the history of celebrating Christmas with Christmas trees set up inside the home... (Read More)

Illustration: “The Christmas Tree” by Albert Chevallier Tayler, 1911. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Our Ancestors’ Christmas Happenings

By Katie Rebecca Merkley on December 17, 2024

In this article, Katie Rebecca Merkley tells some funny and touching stories from Christmases past... (Read More)

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