The Pennsylvania Avenue Zoo
First Lady Grace Coolidge and her husband, President Calvin Coolidge, made a cool couple. He was shy, and she did much of the talking....
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Debra Scala Giokas
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Abigail Fillmore and The First White House Library
Abigail Powers Fillmore grew up poor but had thousands of books she inherited when her father, a Baptist minister, died when she was only...
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Debra Scala Giokas
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Barbara Bush and her Needlework
If you love to craft and give your handmade gifts as presents during the holidays, then you have something in common with First Lady...
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Debra Scala Giokas
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Florence Harding: Champion for Her Boys, the Veterans of World War I
On November 11, 1921, the unidentified American soldier who died in France during World War I was buried at Arlington National Cemetery...
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Debra Scala Giokas
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
First Knitter of the Land
How First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Encouraged Volunteers to Knit One Million Sweaters On September 30, 1941, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt...
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Debra Scala Giokas
- Sep 9, 2022
- 4 min
International Crochet Day
The idea for an International Crochet Day began in 2007 with Jimbo, the author of the blog called “Jimbo’s Front Porch,” who hand carved...
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Debra Scala Giokas
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
The Story Behind LADIES, FIRST: COMMON THREADS
I was almost at my halfway mark when I was writing about Edith Roosevelt. She had once lived at Sagamore Hill, the Summer White House,...
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For those who enjoy a good yarn and a needlework project (with a cup of coffee or tea).
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