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A Glorious Fourth, 1909 Style and a Memoir Tip

A Glorious Fourth, 1909 Style and a Memoir Tip

by MarianBeaman | Jun 29, 2016 | blog, Family / Nostalgia, Memory, Mennonite History, Nostalgia, Tips, Uncategorized

Would you pass up an invitation to a lawn soirée on a holiday weekend? This week more than 100 years ago my grandma, Miss Fanny Martin, then a single woman, received a penny postcard invitation to such a gathering on July 3, 1909.   Mary Elizabeth Kob writes in...

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