To help celebrate Thanksgiving, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about a Mayflower descendant and Civil War veteran giving a Thanksgiving message in 1918... (Read More)
Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to discover how our ancestors celebrated the first Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) on 11 November 1919... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about General John Logan, a driving force in making Decoration Day (Memorial Day) an annual observance... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook explores a newspaper editorial that added urgency to Memorial Day commemorations in 1970... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook describes the origins of Memorial Day as a way to honor deceased veterans of the Civil War... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a subject near and dear to a lot of hearts around Easter time: the chocolate bunny... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry concludes her story about some of the fun Easter egg hunts children had nearly a century ago... (Read More)
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about some of the fun Easter egg hunts children had nearly a century ago... (Read More)
In this guest blog post, Marc McDermott shares some of the most memorable April Fool’s Day pranks from historical newspapers... (Read More)
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