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07 Mar Ration-Era Recipes: Potato Pancakes

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Snowday Fun Yesterday morning my family was delighted to wake up to about 4 inches of snow on the ground.  We quickly bundled up and trekked outside to enjoy (hopefully) our last snowfall of the season.  I love contrasting playtime in cold, wintery weather with a...

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01 Mar Ration-Era Recipe: Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Banana Frosting

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  So, a while ago I returned to the Spry shortening cookbook to test out a recipe for peanut butter cupcakes.  I paired it with the banana frosting from the same cookbook.  I mean, let's be honest, there are few things in life that are better...

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20 Feb Voices by Land, Air, and Sea: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Were There

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As I have mentioned before, one of the highlights of my job is speaking with and listening to our WWII veterans.  We are honored to have many World War II veterans in our area, and I have been privileged to get to know some of...

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13 Feb Love in Wartime: A Valentine’s Day Special

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This week we have a special guest blogger, my colleague and fellow educator, Felicia Lowrance. With Valentine’s Day coming up on Thursday, we thought it would be appropriate to write about love in wartime.  After thinking about this topic for many days and reading...

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31 Jan Jack, It’s the G.I. Jive

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For the past several weeks I have had one song on permanent loop in my head.  Whatever I do, I can't seem to get rid of it.  It comes out in a whistle as I drive to and from work, and it causes my two-year-old...

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23 Jan Lunchbox Lecture: Troops, Trains, and Travel in World War II

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Diesel Locomotive at the Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, VAToday I write on the coldest day of the season so far, and I sit bundled up in my office under a mountain of coats and blankets with my feet practically glued to the OSHA-approved foot...

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17 Jan Nothing Says “I’m Sorry” like a Coffee Cake

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Okay.  So I know I disappeared from the blogosphere for a few months, and I am truly sorry for absence.  I took a few months away from the museum world to student teach, and silly me, I thought student teaching while maintaining a blog would...

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25 Jul Our D-Day Fallen: Capt. Edward A. Peters

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Captain Edward A. PetersCapt. Edward A. Peters served in the HQ Company of 506thParachute Infantry Regiment of 101st Airborne Division when he was killed in action on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Like nearly every other paratrooper dropped on D-Day, Capt. Peters hit Normandy far...

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18 Jul Family Day: A 1940s Festival

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This Saturday, travel back in time to a bygone era with music, vendors, living history, games, tours and more!   The National D-Day Memorial presents its 1940s family day festival on Saturday, July 21st from 10AM-5PM, with a full ...

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11 Jul The Two-Piece Swimsuit: Utilitarian Fashion

Posted at 09:00h in 1940s Fashion, 1940s Swimsuit, Rationing, two-piece bathing suits, Uncategorized, WWII Fashion by admin 0 Comments

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Clothing fashions of WWII have always been a source of fascination for me, not because I'm a fashion goddess and just have to know every detail of vintage fashions.  Instead, I'm intrigued by the way the circumstances dictate fashion.  Just as rationing affected recipes and...

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