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What Flag Is That 05.31.2022
The National Women’s Rights Flag. It is closely associated with the Women’s Suffrage Movement of the early 1900s, leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. The colors began to take shape early in the movement. Purple, White, and Gold became the symbols and appeared on various designs throughout the…
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Guardians of the Story number three
There is all manner of teaching that happens during a lifetime. A small amount happens in a classroom and with written material. The vital learning comes from watching and observing. I am grateful for this time of life when I can reflect on my education. My grandfather, Carl Rossbach, was a Master Teacher. What did…
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Guardians of the Story Number 2
Uncle Al was sort of a Jean Valjean character. He was undoubtedly the strongest man I have ever known. In the early 1920s he defended the honor of his mother in a bar fight. He hit a man once and there after was ‘recruited’ to play baseball for the State Prison team. Albert Flanders was…
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Guardians of the story
What do you do when you become the guardians of your family’s story? I understand it is specific to an age stage of life. You become the last ones in line and you must decide: what do I do with all of these old photos? Are my children interested in hearing the stories that accompany…
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What Flag Is That 05.18.2022
Malaysia. A Federal Constitutional Monarchy in Southeast Asia. Another country colonized first by Portugal, then The Dutch and finally ‘stolen’ by Great Britain. After it gained it’s independence from the English in 1957, it reorganized as The Federation of Malay. The name “Malaysia” is a combination of the word “Malays” and the Latin-Greek suffix “-ia“/”-ία“which…
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What Flag Is That 05.17.2022
The greatest realm of Men in the West of Middle-earth at the end of the third age: Gondor. J.R.R Tolkien named it Gondor which translates in his fictional language as ‘Land of Stone’. Gondor was founded by the brothers Isildur and Anarion. From a once powerful place it fell into ruins due to allies of…
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Ahhh, the 1950’s…
That is what happens when you start going through your Mom’s stuff. I am thinking…this is a keeper.
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What Flag Is That 05.13.2022
The Republic of Kiribati, an independent island nation composed of islands, atolls and coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean. Kiribati is another place where despite there being humans there for thousands of years, once England found it to be of strategic importance it well…took it. It was a good port to stop at while in…
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What Flag Is That 05.12.2022
A country within a country, it is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south: Wales. It has an ancient history with human activity for at least 29,000 years. It has a long and occasionally tense relationship with Great Britain. It is…
