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South Carolina, Food, and Roots, Part Two
I took the nephews back to Lancaster, South Carolina this past summer. Agnes Kirk Hughes is the youngest of 11 children; her parents (Elizabeth Harper and Dick Kirk) move to a farm north of Winfield in 1877.
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina, Food, and Roots, Part One
I wrote of Christmas 2009 and our family meal and the vegetables and dishes prepared based on family traditions. I continued the effort in Thanksgiving 2010 working further into my plans to enforce some tradition and educate my young nephews.
Continue ReadingA Memorial Tribute: The Lawlers
I am not sure that our organization’s membership would know of the generosity of Dr. L. D. Lawler. Dr. Lawler was recently memorialized in The East Texas Journal in a beautiful tribute written by Hudson Old.
Continue ReadingVolunteers Needed
Members, aren’t you proud? Can’t you help? We have many people touring Mt Vernon. We have great facilities. There are many times when we have people come in – 2 families at once – and so we have upstairs and downstairs tours going on.
Continue ReadingThe Thruston House
The September/October 2010 Preservation Magazine published by The National Trust for Historic Preservation has a great article on the necessity of preserving historic character.
Continue ReadingOn Food and Holidays and Memories through Still-Remembered Voices
William Humphrey has a beautiful passage in THE ORDWAYS, his novel set in Red River County just north of us. He is reminiscing about the Civil War and the continuing validity and importance of the war…
Continue ReadingAntebellum Home Tour
Members and Friends of the Franklin County Historical Association: On September 6, 2010 we have the opportunity to visit one of only four antebellum homes standing in Franklin County.
Continue ReadingThe Wilkinson Library
Dear volunteers for the Franklin County Historical Association: We have a great new resource in the Wilkinson Library at the fire station museum.
Continue ReadingCemetery Wanderings
I had a really neat experience this past summer (2009); troubling in some ways but really neat and gratifying. I urge our members to make a similar effort at visiting burial grounds. I come by the appreciation of cemeteries in a natural sort of way.
Continue ReadingOn Rutherford Ties
At the opening reception of the Rutherford Photography Exhibit, your president will exhibit a letter; two sheets of Rutherford Drug Store stationery from the 1890s – framed under glass.
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