By Mary Sikora  From the early 1600s our ancestors lived under British rule. They fought with the French. They fought with the Indians. And they fought the same fights all over again. During all that time, they owed their allegiance to Great Britain . . . until the American Revolution, that is. Then the ties frayed quickly.  In 1804, our […]

By Robert Reed  For centuries the method of pulling loops of colored material through a mesh of open fabric was well known but the settlers who came to America enhanced it.  The enduring hooked rug was to be sure quite specifically a home craft of this country.  “Rug hooking was a craft born of necessity,” notes Jessie A. Turbayne the […]

By Roy Nuhn  Columbus spent two decades in search of financing for his scheme to sail westward to reach the rich Far East. However, this pales in comparison to the centuries it took for him to become recognized as a hero throughout the United States.  Columbus Day is now a national holiday, observed on the second Monday in October. For […]