By Peggy DeStefano My sister Mary Sikora has spent her life researching our ancestors. She spent an awful lot of time tracing our mother’s side but has at times dabbled in my Dad’s story. He was 1/2 Irish and 1/2 German. It is so much fun to learn the results of her research. I am forever grateful to her. I […]
By Sandy Dale Well, if it isn’t March again. Time to not be thinking of the bedeviled year behind us, but of the potential for great times, fun and adventure ahead. At least, that’s what the Little People tell me. And, yes, those who know me, are aware that I communicate regularly with elves, gnomes, boggarts, an occasional faery now […]
March 1: Ratification of the Articles of Confederation (1781) March 5: 251st Anniversary of the Boston Massacre (1770) March 11: Congress establishes Army Corps of Engineers (1779) March 16: James Madison, “Father of the Constitution,” born (1751) March 22: Stamp Act passed by Parliament (1765) March 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day
August 6, 1930 – December 30, 2020 Patty Cress, former UFDC Region 6 director, passed away Dec 30, 2020. Patty loved dolls and was a doll enthusiast all her life. Patty served as director for Region 6 (Colorado, Wyoming, Montana) from 1989 to 1992. Patty belonged to the Doll Study Club of Colorado Springs from 1982 to September 2004 and […]
We had several correct guesses for our February’s What Is It! Congratulations to Dennis Dahl, Denver, Colorado; Terry Cook, Ft. Morgan, Colorado, who says, “This is a dropside toaster from the 1920s to 1930s. I believe it is electric even though no cord is visible. Sometimes you can see one in a table scene in an old movie;” Jerome McLaren […]
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