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George Saunders Teamster and Civil War Vet leads Labor Day Parade 1906 Boston
Looking for more info on George Saunders born in 1844 enlisted in 1862 at Philadelphia in the Forty-third. In 1906 he led the Teamsters...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Jan 4, 20221 min read


Images of California from the News Archives
In 1925 California Plant Wizard Luther Burbank celebrated his 76th birthday planting shrubs in San Rosa with American Legion Post....
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 31, 20211 min read


1929 Video Interviews With Elderly People Throughout America and Civil War Vets
Featured: Three Quarter Century Club Maine; Octogenarian Club--Civil War Vets Lake Worth, Florida; Lydia Stewart in Redlands, David...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 30, 20211 min read


When Philadelphians Were Cave Dwellers Along the Delaware
Illustration from Newspaper Archive "When Philadelphians Were Cave Dwellers Along the Delaware A Monument to Mark the Spot Where."...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 30, 20211 min read


1918 Photo Civil War Vets Recall Meeting President Lincoln at Reunion of Old Soldiers Fairview Park.
From the newspaper archives Decatur Herald Illinois 1918 below is list, The full PDF File of the article is attached at the bottom as...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 28, 20211 min read


Photo from the Cushman Family Collection Duxbury Historical Society
Image The family of Capt. David Cushman and his wife widow, Mary (Alden) Sampson. Mary was a direct descendant of John and Priscilla ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 28, 20212 min read


Photo 1885 Employees of S.D. Warren Company Mill Maine Westbrook Historical Society Collection
Taken in This picture was taken way back in 1885— one hundred fifteen years ago. It shows the crew of the old cutter and finishing...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 27, 20211 min read


American Impressionism Michener Art Museum Bucks County Pennsylvania Fern Coppedge
Here is just example----Fern Coppedge (1883-1951) Autumn, n.d. Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches. Gift of Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest. Visit...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 27, 20211 min read


How Mayflower Passengers Celebrated First Thanksgiving in America
Illustration: “The First Thanksgiving, 1621,” by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, c. 1913. The painting shows common misconceptions about the ...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 27, 20211 min read


Photo and Obit of A Noted Women Elizabeth Buffum Chace
Quaker, Abolitionists, and Suffrage Activists Elizabeth Buffum Chace (1806-1899) was the daughter of Arnold Buffum and Rebecca Gould and...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 27, 20211 min read


Video: New England Shrines 1944 Film Footage
Includes Jonathan Fairbanks House, Plymouth Settlement, Salem, MA, The Hathaway House, Governor Craddock House, Old State House, Old...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 26, 20211 min read


Photo Sons of the American Revolution in Connecticut Gathering 1903
Edward Payson Cone, Walter Seth Logan, Cornelius Amory Pugley, Edwin S. Greeley, William J Warren, A Howard Clark, Edwin Warfield,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 26, 20211 min read


Photos August Henry Runge Vet, Fire Marshall and Chief
August Henry Runge born in New York City February 12, 1852, of German descent, both his parents having been born in Germany. His father,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 26, 20213 min read


The Job Family Early Quakers in America
Andrew Job, JR. (1650-1722) Quaker, tavern owner, constable/high sheriff of Chester County PA, surveyor, carpenter, and a member of...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 26, 20211 min read


Elias Hicks Quaker Home Preserved
Elias Hicks House Restoration from the newspaper clip PDF format below Elias Hicks (1748-1830) son of John Hicks and Martha Smith. He...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 20, 20211 min read


History of the Early Quaker Settlements and Matinecock Friends Meetinghouse New York History Article
located on the northwest corner of Piping Rock and Duck Pond Roads in Locust Valley, Nassau County, New York. From Wikipedia In 1925...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20211 min read


First Ladies of Colorado Margaret Gray Evans Story and Photos
In the photo Breakfast at Evans Ranch 1886 L to R: Cornelius Gray Lunt, Anne Evans, Mrs. John Evans, Mrs. William Gray Evans, John Evans...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20211 min read


Photo Daughters of the American Revolution 1943 in Washington D C
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Left--Hazel Fenton Schermerhorn (Mrs. George D.) Center--Mrs William H. Puch...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20211 min read


Photo Dr. Chauncey Macauley Marstin Massachusetts Grand Army Republic
Dr Chauncy M Marstin (1845-1919) Commander Grand Army Republic General Sylvanus Thayer Braintree, Massachusetts.
Melissa Davenport Berry
Dec 19, 20211 min read


Mayflower Descendants From Plymouth Rock to Alki Point
Photo: Seattle pioneers at the dedication of the Alki Point Monument, 13 November 1905. Left to right: Lenora Denny, Carson D. Boren,...
Melissa Davenport Berry
Nov 4, 20211 min read
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