Mrs. James W. Scott lived in Hartford, the prosperous business center and capital city of Connecticut. Founded in 1635, Hartford is one of the oldest
Throughout the early 20th century, the birthdays of Presidents Lincoln and Washington were widely celebrated through the exchange of postcards. (Each year, I lament the
In other postcard stories, we have noted the outpouring of patriotic correspondence commemorating the birthday of George Washington throughout the years of the early 20th
Sometime around 1910, Inez presented to Ward a postcard in celebration of Washington’s Birthday. On the face, a large hatchet is framed by cherries –
Many of us remember when the birthdays of Lincoln and Washington were celebrated as distinct national holidays. Our grade school classrooms were decorated with construction
On the Fourth of July, a pause to remember the hardship of the War of Independence. Valley Forge was not the site of an important