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December 21, 2001
Hi Ya'll!
I hope your holidays are wonderful and filled with family and friends. I'm deeply grateful that we're each able to celebrate according to our various faiths. May you and your families be safe and enjoy the blessings of Freedom through these holidays and into the coming New Year, and may we all - one day - enjoy the blessings of Peace once again.
In the meantime, please remember those servicemen and women who - along with their families - are sacrificing in order to protect us, and who are far from loved ones during this holiday season. As I was ordering gifts from Amazon.com the other day, I was offered the opportunity to send a gift certificate to an Armed Services member overseas. I thought this was a wonderful and unique way for me to say "Thanks" in a personal way. You don't get to choose which branch of service or which individual receives your gift, but I feel certain that the recipients will enjoy these tokens of our appreciation.
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I'm still adding links to my History in the Making page, as I find interesting, though-provoking, funny, or infuriating news and commentary around the web.
Speaking of the news, here's one headline that made me do quite a double-take the other night!
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Well, I'd better get back to holiday preparations and packing.
Please stay safe, and remember those glorious words, e pluribus unum.
Out of many, one.
As always, thanks for your patience, and thanks for visiting.
Barbara
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Notable
Terrorist Plot Discovered: 3,0000 Radicals Planned Reign of Terror at Pittsburgh! 1919 WYCISS, TROTSKY
Emory & Antiock Baseball Teams Squabble
Kentuckians Win Havana Lottery, 1872
Two American Heroes Receive Distinguished Service Crosses for their Heroism, 1919. I adore those Marines!
Crimes & Politics (Am I being redundant?)
LAING Allegedly Stabbed to Death by SMITH, 1883
WYMAN Sentenced for Theft; Detective PERKINS Sought Him for 6 Years, 1881
Wife-Slayer MILLER Caught, 1912
Arrests Made in Kent County COSDEN Family Murders, 1851
Ann TAYLOR Assaults Margaret COOPER, 1858
FOX Convicted of Breaking into BRAIN's, 1858
Fratricide at Deep Creek, 1851
Timothy COCHRANE Convicted, 1858
A Fatal Stabbing, 1872 SPAEIGER, KLEPPEL
WEEKS Murdered, KKK May be Responsible, MO, 1872
MOYNIHAN Convicted: News from County Cork, Ireland, 1883 CARROLL
Cemeteries
Allen Cemetery, Allen, Collin County, Texas
Laurel Land Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Dozier Family Burying Ground, TN
Churches
St. Pancras New Church, London
St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Ireland
Military
Pvt. James COURTNEY of Cleveland, TN, Awarded Distinguished Service Cross, 1919; Co. 5, 5th Marines; for extraordinary heroism near Mont Blanc, France.
Sgt. James COURTNEY of Falmouth, KY Awarded Distinguished Service Cross, 1919 Co. F, 5th Battalion, 5th Marines; for extraordinary heroism near Mont Blanc, France.
Military Records: John Millard VINCENT, 37th Texas Cavalry, 2nd Texas Battery, C. S. A
Bombay Engineers, Assault on Jansi, 1858
Enniskillen Dragoons, 1858
STEARNS a Member of 1st Regt. Band, NH, 1881
Capt. WOOD of 207th PA Still Active at 76, 1903
Accidents & Disasters
Killer Storm Strikes New York, 1872
Fire at LARKIN's, Edinburgh, 1883
Postcards
Humorous Automobile Commentary, 1907
Vintage Postcard: Stonewall Jackson Birthplace at Chambersburg
My Families
John Millard VINCENT Military Records
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