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veach poem #2

 veach poem #2 my good friend becky put together afamily cookbook telling us which onesnot to eat (broccoli casserole) and otherchoice opinions she also made a bookcalled when grandma was a little girllots of growing up stories of herselfher kids my kids others I recommendeveryone do this for their familiespriceless and the whole back of thevolume […]

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Honorable ancestors

Thomas Schwartz has been the Illinois State Historian since 1993. Asked how he got into the racket in a 2008 interview, Mr. Schwartz recalled that he grew up surrounded by an extended family whose members like to get together, eat, drink and tell stories. “History was easier for me,” he said, “because it was transmitted in […]

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