Author Archives: vanbraman

Washington’s Birthday Observed

Posted on February 17, 2019 by vanbraman

This morning in my Sunday newspaper bundle I saw ads for Presidents Day, President’s Day and Presidents’ Day. The same goes for commercials on TV, and also my different calendars. However, one of the calendars has it right. Monday is … Continue reading →

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Seen in the Newspaper

Posted on February 16, 2019 by vanbraman

Sometimes I just have to save interesting clippings from the newspaper.In January I saved a clipping that included this map. Disregard the dark splotches as they are from something on the back side of the page. The map was with … Continue reading →

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