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The Orange Blossom Special
Ponce de Leon discovered Florida at Easter time and Easter has always been a special celebration here in St. Augustine. Beginning with the Arts & Crafts festival and Blessing of the Fleet on Palm...
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Family history found . . . in Marineland?
I recently purchased a copy of the Images of America book about Marineland. The original attraction was torn down several years back to make room for the “new and improved” attraction so, for those of...
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Dolph’s Letters
In 1908, Lois Link left her family in Thomasville, Tennessee, to take a position teaching at the Holland School – a one-room school in rural north Georgia. She taught there one year then spent the...
View ArticleA Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration
For John Thomas Barker and Linnie Ann (Blake) Barker Sponsored by their son Adolphus “Dolf” with sisters assisting Time: Maybe July 4th, 1917 Place: Hense Spring Park, one mile south of Holland, Ga....
View ArticleRemembering A Tragedy
I just received an email from NewspaperARCHIVE pointing me to the Stars and Stripes European edition for December 21, 1988. I couldn’t see which articles were included in the message, but the date sent...
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Dolph’s Letters – June 1909
Dolph Barker Wednesday Evening June 30th ’09 My Dear Lois:- As it has almost grown to be a habit for me to write you on Wednes. night, I will endeavor to ans. your most appreciated letter I received...
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Bastogne
Seventy years ago the Battle of the Bulge began when the Germans attacked American forces near Bastogne in Belgium. By December 22nd the Germans had the American forces in Bastogne completely...
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Twinkle Lights
One Christmas while I was still in the Air Force, I came home for what I expected would be a quiet holiday. There were no young children in the family at that time so our custom was to go to midnight...
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Pirate Gold!
Old Quarry Road in the late 1960s. Photo art by the author. The road in front of our old house has a history almost as old as this city. Huge coquina blocks were dragged from their Anastasia Island...
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Mrs. Lois Remembered
Lois Link (center back) began her teaching career in Georgia at the Holland School in 1908. In 1975, our uncle, Thomas Barker, sent a request to the Cheatham County, Tennessee, Register for a certified...
View ArticleHeidelberg Christmas Market
One of my fondest memories of our time in Germany was visiting the local Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas market). In Mannheim it was set up in the big park surrounding the water tower. This video shows the...
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