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		<title>Book Offers Recipes from the Civil War</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil War Recipes is the name of a book that offers collected recipes that were published originally in Godey&#8217;s Lady&#8217;s Book, a popular journal edited by one of New Hampshire&#8217;s own: Sarah Josepha Hale. Recipes (or receipts, as they were called then) reflect the diverse tastes of Americans, both in the North and in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War Remembered: Tribute Quilts at the Morrisville, VT Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of this (150th year) Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War, a special exhibit of Civil War Tribute Quilts were made and displayed by members of the Common Threads Quilt Guild at their 2011 quilt show in Morrisville, Vermont in October 2011. The exhibit consists of two parts. In the first section, the personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonderful Civil War Tribute Quilts at New London Historical Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, local quilters in the Lakes Region have provided some of their Civil War Tribute Quilts to be displayed at the New London Historical Society through October 9. The museum (located in New Hampshire) is open on Sundays from 12:30-3:30 p.m. To whet your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Book Not to Miss: Love Amid the Turmoil</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love Amid the Turmoil: The Civil War Letters of William]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He called her &#8220;Dollie&#8221;; she called him &#8220;Peaches.&#8221; A book now permanently records the love between William Vermilion and his wife, Mary, who wrote letters to each other during the Civil War. Now in print, thanks to the University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa, the invaluable volume is the diligent work of editor, Donald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Civil War Diary Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/20/the-civil-war-diary-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 10:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civil War Diary Quilt book (KP Books, 2005) was given to me several years ago by a dear friend. I enjoyed looking through it briefly and seeing the many quilt blocks inspired by true diary entries and stories written at the time of the Civil War (1861-1865). This past week, I pulled the book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War Crossword Puzzle</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/04/09/civil-war-crossword-puzzle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For your enjoyment, I have created a Civil War crossword puzzle. The clues can be found here: Civil War Crossword Puzzle Clues The puzzle solution is here: Civil War Crossword Puzzle Solution Enjoy! Patricia Cummings]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Enslavement&#8221; &#8211; A True AnteBellum Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The movie &#8220;Enslavement&#8221; presents the true story of Fanny Kemble, a Shakespearean actress who, in Philadelphia where she was performing, met Pierce Butler. He was a rich plantation owner and she married him. In 1846, they moved to Butler Island, Georgia, and it was only a matter of time before the new bride was exposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Julia Louisa Lovejoy and Events Leading to the American Civil War</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first knowledge of a New Hampshire woman named Julia Louisa Lovejoy came while I was researching the life and times of her niece, Ellen Emeline Hardy Webster (1867-1950). Julia and her husband Charles were staunch abolitionists (people who oppose slavery) who belonged to the Methodist Church. In fact, he was a minister. They set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War Era Quilt Features Poem</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/20/civil-war-era-quilt-features-poem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 16, 2005, we visited The Brick House Museum in Kennebunk, Maine that owns a Civil War Quilt made in 1864 by the Ladies Aid Society, Portland, Maine. The striking quilt features a poem on the back: Ye have fought our battles for (now?) Showing how the brave can die We are waiting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Civil War &amp; Quilts File Posted</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/18/new-civil-war-quilts-file-posted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.quiltersmuse.com/civil-war-quilts.htm I&#8217;ve just added this file to my main website (Quilter&#8217;s Muse Publications). Enjoy! Pat Cummings]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to Old Cemetery Yields Unexpected Finds</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/29/trip-to-old-cemetery-yields-unexpected-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we did something that is always fun to do. We walked through a small country cemetery. I love to read epitaphs. Often, there is some endearing tribute or religious sentiment on very old stones. On several that we saw today, the words simply said, &#8220;Gone home.&#8221; It is amazing to see that only a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Irish Music</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/07/21/more-irish-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the mood for Irish music this week so have just posted two more songs: &#8220;The Rising of the Moon,&#8221; and &#8220;Mrs. McGrath.&#8221; You will see that a lot of traditional Irish ballads have &#8220;war and turmoil&#8221; at their center. It is heartening to know that I come from a sturdy race who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NH Humanities Council Series Features Eric Bye, Musician</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I learned more about banjos than I would have ever considered possible. Eric Bye of Vermont presented a program about 19th century music, with a focus on banjos. An amazing fact is that later in that century, banjos were made in such a way as to simulate other instruments, and there was the phenomena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1864 Civil War Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/09/24/1864-civil-war-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ye have fought our battles for us Showing how the brave can die We are waiting to receive you When you lay your armors by. We&#8217;ll stitch with the needle And fight with the tongue &#8216;Till every old rebel Is conquered or hung. Hope is the anchor of the soul &#8216;Tis Jesus makes the wounded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See How They Lived</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/10/05/see-how-they-lived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See How They Lived Press Release 5th Annual Living History Civil War Encampment Presented by: Charles W. Canney Camp #5, Rochester, New Hampshire and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War In cooperation with the New Durham, NH Historical Society October 6 &#038; 7, 2007 Encampment location: 16 Ridge Top Rd., New Durham, NH [...]]]></description>
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