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World Wide Knit In Public Day

In 2005, Danielle Landes began World Wide Knit in Public Day ("WWKIPD"). Since knitting is a solitary act, the idea was to bring knitters...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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,...