Mother’s Day in the United States has a history all its own—and it’s more complicated than greeting cards might lead you to believe. There were repeated efforts to establish a Mother’s Day holiday and conflicting ideas about what it should stand for and how it should be observed. From a call for women to improve global policymaking and seek peace […]

Colorado Chapter 21 of the National Association of Antique Watch & Clock Collectors was incorporated June 23, 1975 to stimulate interest in time-keeping pieces of all kinds; to foster genuine interest in collecting and exhibiting timepieces; to collect and preserve horological data and materials; to disseminate full information regarding the mechanism of timepieces and the repair thereof. Original officers were […]

Part One My brother Denny and I recently discussed the music we would like played at our funerals. Denny would like Kermit in New Orleans to play his song On the Day I die. His trumpet playing rivals Louis Armstrong ‘s (Satchmo’s). When Denny ended a ½ Marathon in New Orleans Kermit was there to greet the runners. Denny never […]

Hotel de Paris was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service in 1970.  Properties on this prestigious inventory are not required to undergo renovation; however, if repairs or improvements are conducted they are guided by The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.  The National Society of The Colonial Dames […]

The 2025 Strawberry Festival Antique Show —the 53nd since the St.Vrain Historical Society began to sponsor the annual spring show – will be held on Saturday, May 17th and Sunday, May 18th in the Exhibit Building at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Long- mont, CO. Hours for the event are Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday from […]