Author Archives: vanbraman

They Lived Near: George Washington

Posted on February 21, 2021 by vanbraman

Monday is Washington’s Birthday and I am thinking about an ancestor who lived near him. I decided this would be a good time for the second entry in my They Lived Near: series. The first entry in the series was … Continue reading →

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Neighborhood Winter Olympics

Posted on February 20, 2021 by vanbraman

All the bad weather across the country has me thinking of an editorial cartoon from 1960. Frank Andrea Miller was an editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register from 1953 until his death in 1983. He won a Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading →

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