Archive for June, 2020

What Is It? June 2020

What Is It? June 2020

   We had several guesses for our June What Is It. Jerry Michals of Aurora and Byron Roderick of Broomfield, Colorado correctly identified the object as a Muffin Bell, so called for two brass dome bells with an interior clapper. Mr. Michals tells us the muffin bell (ca early 1800s) was originally used by volunteer fire companies in the Eastern USA […]

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Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day

   The nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, in the state of Washington. However, it was not until 1972—58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official—that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the United States. Father’s Day 2020 occurs on Sunday, June 21.    Father’s Day was founded in Spokane, Washington at the […]

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It’s Father’s Day — Think Ties, Of Course!

It’s Father’s Day — Think Ties, Of Course!

   O.K., Fellows, might as well accept your fate. You will probably be given a tie for Father’s Day. Maybe you would like to know more about them. Learning about the different knots might be helpful.    Seeing necktie knots laid out side-by-side is the fastest way to grasp how they differ from one another. In order to play fair, Ties.com tied […]

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