April 7 75th Anniversary of the World Health Organization being established by the United Nations (1948) April 13 Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (1743) 101 Anniversary of the State of Massachusetts opening all public offices to women (1922) April 15 Congress ratifies peace with Great Britain (1783) April 17 51st Anniversary of the first Boston Marathon in which women are officially allowed […]
By Beatrice Levin On view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Texas twenty some years ago was a remarkable exhibit of fascinating old quilts and coverlets mostly from Bayou Bend, the home of Ima Hogg’s famous American antique collections. From our earliest history, weaving and quilting bedcovers has been a medium for creative artistry. Since quilting became elevated from a […]
Nebraska was a largely treeless prairie region when, on April 10, 1872, it became the first state to celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees. The celebration came a few months after J. Sterling Morton, a vice-president of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, first proposed to the Board that the day be set aside for tree planting and that they […]
By Maureen Timm From the beginning of time an egg has been the object of religious adoration. Practically all highly developed nations are well aware of the symbolic significance of an egg illustrating transition from non-existence to life, it is a symbol of joy, happiness and sun which brings warmth and revival of nature. In the ancient language of Egyptian […]
These beads are called Roman face beads. There is amazing detail in these tiny beads, shown here much larger than actual size. The eyes, mouth and other features were made by fusing rods of differently colored glass with heat, then slicing the fused rods and embedding the slices in glass beads. Invented by Syrians and Egyptians during Roman time, the […]
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