Moments in Time – November 15, 2023
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On Nov. 27, 2017, eight donkeys were released from jail after four days’ imprisonment for the crime of eating expensive saplings in the Jalaun district of Uttar ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – May 17, 2023
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On June 4, 1411, France’s King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. The cheese’s origin ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – July 27, 2022
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On Aug. 10, 1776, news reaches London that the Americans had drafted the Declaration of Independence. Until the Declaration of Independence formally transformed the 13 ... Continue Reading →
Wallace Nutting tavern table copied from earlier piece
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Although antique dealers tell us early 1900s oak furniture doesn’t sell – average Chippendale pieces are not wanted and fancy French designs of the past ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 23, 2019
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On Feb. 6, 1820, the first organized immigration of freed slaves to Africa from the United States departs New York on a journey to Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The expedition ... Continue Reading →
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