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Posts related to US history, geography, traditions, etc.

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The Sunday before Christmas is Cherished

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How do you describe the Sunday before Christmas?   From my observations over the years, at church, it’s one of the […]

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Christmas Card Traditions

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JoAnne and I still very much enjoy Christmas cards.  We send them and we like to receive them too.    Most

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More Thanksgiving Ideas

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At our extended family Thanksgiving dinner for the Jones clan yesterday, I received a couple really neat ideas for young

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Making Thanksgiving Real

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Thanksgiving is one of the great holidays of the year.    These days when so much is determined by commercial value,

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Celebrating the week Francis Asbury arrived in America

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I found a great video clip that tells the story of Francis Asbury.   Asbury was an early Methodist leader in

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Snoqualmie Falls and A Railroad Museum

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This railroad museum we didn’t just run into, but found on the maps and in the guidebook.   Near the end

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Willard Clock Museum

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  Friday, October 8, JoAnne and I visited Willard Clock Museum (http://www.willardhouse.org/) near North Grafton, Massachusetts.   The museum is in the

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Alliance Bank Stadium and Community Wesleyan Church

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It’s October and the Major League Baseball play-offs are beginning already.   It reminds me that I was happy to attend

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