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Thankful For Much

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Caryn

With the passage of time, the holidays begin to take on a different look. When I was a kid, the Thanksgiving was a day of wonderful smells and delicious food. That is one Thanksgiving tradition that hasn’t changed, but probably … Continue reading →

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The Deadliest War In American History

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Caryn

There have been many deadly wars in American history, but the deadliest war of them all took place during the 1670s. Technically, that was before the United States was even a nation. King Philip’s War, Continue reading →

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Things To Be Thankful For

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Caryn

The past almost two years have been tough for everyone. Many of us have had to forgo this holiday or that holiday, because on or more family members have contracted Covid-19, Continue reading →

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Cultural Burns

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Caryn

With the many annual wildfires that continue to consume many of the western areas of the United States each year, we begin to wonder if there is any way to stop the madness. Of course, Continue reading →

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People Of The First Light

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Caryn

As Thanksgiving approaches, I’ve been thinking about the Wampanoag Tribe, who helped the Pilgrims survive that first winter in the new world. It was a tough winter, and both the Wampanoag Tribe and the Pilgrims lost a lot of people. Continue reading →

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Mayflower Compact

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Caryn

The September 6, 1620 trip to the new world, in which 102 passengers, who had been dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, one of the passengers who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony, was a crowded, grueling trip on … Continue reading →

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