Tag Archives: history

Remembering Van Cliburn

Posted on February 28, 2013 by vanbraman

This morning I saw in the news that legendary pianist Van Cliburn had passed away on Wednesday. Van Cliburn brings back many memories of listening to his many recordings and also reading about the celebrity that he attained for winning … Continue reading →

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The First Hamburger

Posted on February 26, 2013 by vanbraman

One of the wonderful things about searching through my Grandma’s scrapbooks are finding interesting articles that she saved. A while back I was looking through a 1956 scrapbook and ran across this headline. The First hamburger in Iowa? Wasn’t the … Continue reading →

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