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• Reprint of The Correct Thing to Do, to Say, to Wear is Available!

  
  NC Cultural Resources Newsroom — Authority: 129
  Sedalia, NC - The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum in Sedalia announced today that the paperback reprint of The Correct Thing to Do, to Say, to Wear is now available for purchase. Written by Dr. Brown, this was the student text book of etiquette at the Palmer Memorial Institute. “Every student who walked through ...
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• If You Won’t Visit It, We’ll Take It Away

  
  eternallycool.net — Authority: 116
  The Italian ministry of Cultural Affairs has just launched a new ad campaign intended to shock visitors and residents into paying homage (and admission) to some of the country’s most important cultural sites. In one example, shown above, four cranes work at disassembling the Colosseum by night, while in another ...
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• Museum and Historic Sites Offer Holiday Delight

  
  NC Cultural Resources Newsroom — Authority: 129
  RALEIGH – When the presents are unwrapped and paper discarded, when the family like the turkey has been overly stuffed, when the last carol has been sung, the last holiday movie viewed, it’s time to escape. Luckily, there are 27 state historic sites and seven history museums across North Carolina which will be ...
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• Building a New Bridge

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 120
  The sad news has likely reached all interested parties by now: the Lake Champlain Bridge is to be demolished as soon as possible. A demolition company has been hired and design for the new bridge (to be erected in the same place as the current bridge) are moving full speed ahead. On Saturday December 12, NYSDOT held ...
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• Fire Claims Historic Berkshire Inn

  
  Firegeezer.com — Authority: 149
  THE ENTIRE COUNTRY LOST A TREASURE FRIDAY MORNING when fire swept through the Egremont Inn....
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• Holidays at the Fairmount Park Houses

  
  hyde or die — Authority: 477
  Holidays at the Fairmount Park Houses: If you live in Philadelphia, you should do this for the...
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• The Citadel

  
  Paris Parfait — Authority: 115
  The Citadel in silhouette, Amman, Jordan. The Temple of Hercules overlooks the city of Amman. The Citadels museum houses fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, among other rare antiquities. The famous Dead Sea Scroll fragments. One of the many sculptural...
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• Festa dell’Immacolta

  
  eternallycool.net — Authority: 116
  Today. 8 December, is a national holiday, the celebration of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.  Schools and offices are closed, though shops are open and masses of Romans seem to be out and about browsing stores and getting a head start on holiday shopping. Other Romans (and loads of tourists)–perhaps those ...
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• Preservation Photos #10

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 120
  Given the fate* of the Lake Champlain Bridge and the amount of my life that is has consumed lately, it seems fitting to share another photograph. My photographs cannot do it justice, however. Check the Center for Digital Initiatives at the University of Vermont for beautiful, historic photographs by Louis ...
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• Monument Hill | Kreische Brewery Trail of Lights

  
  Passport to Texas — Authority: 420
  This is Passport to Texas There is something magical about how stars peer through the bare branches of trees in winter. [Twinkle SFX] And Monument Hill & Kreische Brewery State Historic Sites in La Grange duplicate this celestial wonder during their annual trail of lights. The park is lit up with very beautiful ...
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• Preservation Photos #9

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 120
  Near North Garden, VA, outside Charlottesville, in June 2009 – a lucky drive-by shot at 30pmh.  I don’t know anything about it – do you?
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• Lionel train set magic at Wilmington Railroad Museum

  
  Shout About South Carolina Travel, Family Attractions and Free Things to Do — Authority: 99
  The Railroad Museum in Wilmington is one of the most pleasant travel surprises this year. It has everything! Large scale and intricate layouts, a “build it yourself” play room for kids, amazing historic artifacts and even ghost legends! In front of the Railroad Museum Outside you can climb aboard a real ...
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• NYS Museum Chocolate Expo, Holiday Gift Market

  
  New York History — Authority: 427
  Shoppers can sample chocolate treats, listen to holiday carolers and purchase hand-crafted gifts from more than 40 vendors at the New York State Museum’s fourth annual Chocolate Expo & Holiday Gift Market on Sunday, December 6.The Expo, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will offer samples and sales of chocolates, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Happy Holidays from Cultural Resources!

  
  NC Cultural Resources Newsroom — Authority: 129
  The Department of Cultural Resources offers family fun for the holidays. From festive frolics at Historic Sites around the state to musical memories at museums, there is something for everyone, including gift shops at many locations. Most events are free. For more information about Cultural Resources, go to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hawass denies forbidding tourists from photographing historic sites

  
  eTurboNews - Travel and Tourism Industry News — Authority: 541
  CAIRO - Egyptian Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawass denied on Monday forbidding tourists form photographing Egyptian historic sites. read more
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• 1929: Lake Champlain Bridge

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 120
  Since we are so far removed from the past, often it is hard to imagine why something was so significant at a certain time, e.g. just how much of an impact the Lake Champlain Bridge had on the lives of citizens, the economy of New England and New York, and technology.  And even if you are a history buff or a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Neros Banquet Hall Opens to Public

  
  Dream of Italy - Italian Travel News Blog — Authority: 419
  Although the Roman scholar and official, Suetonius ,described Nero as “average height, his body marked with spots and malodorous, his hair light blond, his features regular rather than attractive, his eyes blue and somewhat weak, his neck over thick, his belly prominent, and his legs very slender” in his The ...
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• Preservation Photos #7

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 120
  Montpelier, VT. Anyone care to make a comment about some of the architectural elements of this house?  There are some good conversation pieces.
  4 weeks ago

• Adel, Iowa: Then and Now

  
  Travels with Children by minnemom — Authority: 422
  Comfortable in my bed at the Hotel Pattee, I had planned to sleep late the first morning of the I_Blog Conference .  Instead, I awoke at 6 a.m. as usual, showered and dressed, and thought about what to do until the conference began at 10:00. I decided to do what I enjoy doing most:  getting in the car and ...
  4 weeks ago

• History Flashback: 1961, Part II

  
  Preservation in Pink — Authority: 120
  By Ken Loyd In my blog post of October 30 , I shared some quotes from my 1961 3rd grade history book, Our America . I only got halfway through the book, so today I’ll continue. Be sure to read between the lines ! On “carpetbaggers” after the Civil War: “To make matters worse, dishonest men ...
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