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Memorial Day – Reflect, Remember, Honor: Memorial Day celebrations evolve over the years

by editorial on May 15, 2012

The Memorial Day Museum is located in Waterloo, N.Y., which is the “birthplace of Memorial Day.”

By Linda Jones

On the Main Street of Waterloo, N.Y., sits an 1850 home housing the Memorial Day Museum. The town is honored as the “Birthplace of Memorial Day” because a local druggist, Henry C. Welles, suggested the observance in 1866. Welles felt that the patriots who gave their lives in the cause of the North during the Civil War should be honored by decorating their graves, so he organized a parade.

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Memorial Day – Memorial Day commemorates fallen heroes, departed friends and family

by editorial on May 15, 2012

Decoration Day postcards from the early 1900s

Memorial Day began shortly after the American Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in our nation’s history. More than 550,000 men and women lost their lives between 1861 and 1865, while nearly the same number would be wounded, many permanently disabled. Soldiers were often buried where they fell, in unmarked graves far from their homes and families.

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Memorial Day – Arlington National Cemetery: ‘Honor – Remember – Explore’

May 15, 2012

By Linda Jones The story of “Our Nation’s Most Sacred Shrine” – Arlington National Cemetery – a shining monument to freedom bought by blood, involves George Washington, a gigantic potter’s field and the Civil War.

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Memorial Day – In Memoriam: Remembering one of Colorado’s fallen officers, Morris Dolan

May 15, 2012

Memorial Day is a celebration of life, liberty and freedom. We celebrate the long weekend with family barbecues, recreational activities, and wholesome American fun. Memorial Day is also a day of remembrance for our lost loved ones. Originally organized in 1866, it was a national effort following the Civil War to honor all war veterans. [...]

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Trail’s End – Cabins, crafts and campfires: Historic summer camps of Colorado

May 15, 2012

As spring melts into summer, the start of a beloved tradition begins. Kids look forward to a week in the woods – bunked in cabins, surrounded by new-made friends and experiencing new things. Scattered through the mountains and also pocketed in urban and suburban locations, outdoor camps are a source of joy and fond memories.

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Western Footprints – The Steam Excavator – Extending this country from West to East

May 15, 2012

Today’s women will see red at this … In 1853 Elizabeth Otis Chapman applied to extend her first husband’s 1839 patent for the steam excavator because after 14 years it was running out. It was extended by the patent office for seven years until 1860 (making a total of 21 years), but in 1857 a [...]

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Mother’s Day from the beginning

May 1, 2012

By Linda Jones Two women, with quite different agendas, 38 years apart, are variously credited with starting Mother’s Day. According to most historians, Anna Jarvis organized the first official Mother’s Day service at a church her mother had attended and volunteered as a Sunday school teacher for more than 20 years.

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Western Footprints – Memories of Otis, Everett, Chapman families in Canton before heading West

April 17, 2012

William Smith Otis and his distant cousin Elisha Graves Otis had a lot in common. One very unfortunate thing these two brilliant inventors had in common was they both died young before they could realize their full potential. Both men died in the same year they were issued the patents for their best-known inventions. Elisha [...]

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Trail’s End – Behold the Bungalow: The Arts and Crafts Movement provides housing for all

April 17, 2012

  One hundred years ago, mainly wealthy families owned their own homes. That would soon change. The creative vision of New York furniture maker Gustav Stickley inspired Craftsman furniture design and launched one of the greatest affordable American house styles, the Craftsman bungalow. Stickley had witnessed the Arts and Crafts Movement in England, begun by [...]

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Entertainment – CCO partners with local arts organizations on paranormal project

March 20, 2012

In addition to its 2012 Festival productions, Central City Opera announced additional events that will engage and entertain. Celebrating the company’s 2012 productions of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and Menotti’s The Medium, CCO has partnered with The OtherSide paranormal investigators, Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Curious Theatre, Denver Public Library’s Fresh City [...]

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