Tag: personal reminiscences

• Abraham Lincoln – as Mim’s Grandfather remembered him

  Last summer Mim spent many days systematically going through boxes and boxes filled with old papers, photos, and books that had belonged to her parents and grandparents. One yellowed newspaper, carefully protected in a waxed paper-like envelope was the Decorah Public Opinion from Decorah, Iowa, dated Wednesday, February 10, 1909. That is the year Abraham…

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  February 10, 2023

  Blogs, Celebrations, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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