Fitzgerald’s Florist The year was 1957. President Eisenhower was in the White House and the Cold War was in full swing. The average American was earning $4500 per year and gas cost twenty four cents per gallon; and a Swanson TV dinner cost … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Irish in America Part II See part 1 here. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Irish in America Part I See part 2 here. St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching; it is a day when many will wear something green, watch parades, eat corned beef and cabbage, and maybe hoist a green beer or two; for on this particular day as … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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ated the laden ship, he noted that she listed to one side; he subsequently described her as “walty” (likely to capsize). Nevertheless, the Great Shippe sailed for England in the bitter cold winter of January of 1647. So cold was it, that a three … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Sermons in Stone Take a moment to consider the labors of your workday—of all that you do, what evidence of it will remain in two or three hundred years? Needless to say, there will be very little. By contrast, the old Yankee farmers of New … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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We Three Kings The waters of the Red Sea have never been red; a dipper of water drawn from that sea comes up just as clear as it would from anywhere else. But according to the local lore, the red clay of the surrounding land gives that sea the … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Peterson Farm Part III See part 1 here See part 2 here The following was written for the New Haven Register on April 20, 1980, by Israel Amitai; it was saved for many years, and recently it was sent to your Historian by George W. … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Peterson Farm Part II See part 1 here. See part 3 here. The following was written for the New Haven Register on April 20, 1980, by Israel Amitai; it was saved for many years, and recently it was sent to your Historian by George W. … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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The Peterson Farm Part I See part 2 here See part 3 here The following was written for the New Haven Register on April 20, 1980, by Israel Amitai; it was saved for many years, and recently it was sent to your Historian by George W. Coxeter. … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner
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Is there somehow a link between the battle of Gettysburg and our most American of holidays? Indeed there is! “How so?” you might ask. Well, it’s like this… In the midst of all the terrible strife of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln took the time … [Read more...] about Historian’s corner