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 […]
October 7 Frances Xavier Cabrini Day (Colorado) October 10 Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (1774) October 13 Congress establishes the U.S. Navy (1775) October 14 Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples’ Day October 19 Victory at Yorktown (1781) October 20 250th anniversary of the Articles of Association, a universal probihition of trade with Great Britain (1774) […]
The Colorado state legislature gave final passage March 10, 2020 to a bill that would replace Columbus Day with a new state holiday, on the first Monday of October, in honor of Frances Xavier Cabrini. It is believed that the proposed Cabrini Day would be the first paid state holiday recognizing a woman anywhere in this country. The youngest of […]
September’s What Is It was sent to us by Cheryl Miller of Fort Collins. Here is the note she sent with these pictures: “I purchased the item above from the Brass Armadillo a decade or two ago just because I liked the looks of it. I have no clue what it is. It appears to be made of ivory and […]
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