Ray and I have enjoyed visiting several homes of presidents through the years. My parents took me on my first visit to a president’s home when they took me to the Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson, when I was…
Each year Ray and I look forward to receiving our annual Christmas card his English cousins send us from their home near Bristol, England. The cards are distinctly English in size, shape, and beauty. What was once an especially popular…
I have been stringing lights inside our house, on the outside of our house, and in the yard. This star hangs from a window in my office at home. After various attempts at decorating these wheels that sit beside our…
When you finish reading this the third and last in my series on A History of Thanksgiving, enjoy these videos with slideshows of the historic images accompanied by music. Just before leaving for a recess, the first U.S. Congress passed…
The Pilgrims of Plymouth observed only three kinds of holidays. Each Sunday they observed the “Sabbath” by worshipping and hearing sermons. Postcard illustrating Pilgrims going to church. Courtesy of The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and…
In England in the early 1600s, it was illegal to be a member of any other church than the Church of England. Some English believers, who thought the Church of England did things that were against God’s will, wanted to…
