It amused my my mother to talk about her Shaker ancestors. Which would have been notworthy because a major tennant of Shaker communities was their commitment to chastity. In their communities, men and women were
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Nelson Graduation
Nelson school in background. Girl on left is my mother, Jessica HOYT Thompson. I believe the tall boy on the right is Wm. Sumner Copp. Perhaps 1910.
Continue ReadingWar Dates for Memorial Day Report
[Note: Choosing the event that marks the beginning or ending is somewhat arbitrary. For European countries, WW1 is usually considered as starting on Jul. 28, 1914, but the U.S. did not become a combatant until
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That’s a difficult question. Thanks to the slow communications of that era, the Battle of New Orleans was fought after the War of 1812’s peace treaty had been signed. The Korean War fighting stopped with
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