This year marks the first time in ninety-eight years that there has not been a public Remembrance Day ceremony at the local Cenotaph. It will seem strange to many of us, not to pay our respects to those who fought …
Penmanship!
Yesterday, we challenged you to decipher the hand-written memoirs of Sarah Ellen Dow. Today, we’d like to introduce (or re-introduce) you to penmanship – that is, the skill of writing effortlessly and flawlessly by hand. For decades, the leading guide …
Culture In Quarantine
That’s today’s theme for Museum Week. We were talking about how me might explore that idea in these Daily Dose of History posts, and Alyssa, who wins the Brilliant Crown this week, observed, “Meme culture has certainly become quarantine culture …
Recreate Famous Art!
Art/History is soooo….yesterday’s post. Today, let’s have a little fun! There is a challenge going on right now in the Instagram-Internet Art World to recreate famous works of art in your own home. The results are very creative…and absolutely hilarious. …
Spanish Influenza in the Creston Valley
On 25 November 1918, Gertrude Knott, of Canyon City, died at Nelson of Spanish influenza. A recently-graduated nurse, she had been working at the hospital in Nelson when the epidemic began, and fell ill with it herself about 21 …