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	<title>quiltersmuse.com Blog &#187; Civil War</title>
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		<title>Trip to Old Cemetery Yields Unexpected Finds</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/29/trip-to-old-cemetery-yields-unexpected-finds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Emeline Hardy Webster]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, we did something that is always fun to do. We walked through a small country cemetery. I love to read epitaphs. Often, there is some endearing tribute or  religious sentiment on very old stones. On several that we saw today, the words simply said, &#8220;Gone home.&#8221; It is amazing to see that only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War &#8220;Sanitary Commission&#8221; Quilts Reproduced by Donald Beld</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seven photos of Civil War reproduction quilts that are shared in this blog entry today represent quilts made by Donald Beld of California. They simulate actual &#8220;Sanitary Commission&#8221; quilts that were made in the North and sent to Union soldiers in the field. 
By the way, Don founded the &#8220;Home of the Brave&#8221; program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War Reproduction Quilt Directions for Machine Piecers/ and Home of the Brave Quilts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For step-by-step directions to make your own Civil War reproduction quilt, please see our reinstated file at Quilter&#8217;s Muse Publications that has more photos of possible color combinations. In the hope that the wars overseas would be ending pronto, I had removed the original file that contained these directions that I had personally written and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Irish Music</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/07/21/more-irish-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in the mood for Irish music this week so have just posted two more songs:  &#8220;The Rising of the Moon,&#8221; and &#8220;Mrs. McGrath.&#8221; 
You will see that a lot of traditional Irish ballads have &#8220;war and turmoil&#8221; at their center. It is heartening to know that I come from a sturdy race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NH Humanities Council Series Features Eric Bye, Musician</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/06/25/nh-humanities-council-series-features-eric-bye-musician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[banjos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, I learned more about banjos than I would have ever considered possible. Eric Bye of Vermont presented a program about 19th century music, with a focus on banjos. An amazing fact is that later in that century, banjos were made in such a way as to simulate other instruments, and there was the phenomena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1864 Civil War Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/09/24/1864-civil-war-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ye have fought our battles for us
Showing how the brave can die
We are waiting to receive you
When you lay your armors by.
We&#8217;ll stitch with the needle
And fight with the tongue
&#8216;Till every old rebel
Is conquered or hung.
Hope is the anchor of the soul
&#8216;Tis Jesus makes the wounded whole
Believe in Christ, the Victory&#8217;s won
Look up, by faith, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See How They Lived</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/10/05/see-how-they-lived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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See How They Lived 
Press Release
5th Annual Living History Civil War Encampment
Presented by:  Charles W. Canney Camp #5, Rochester, New Hampshire
and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
In cooperation with the New Durham, NH Historical Society
October 6 &#038; 7, 2007
Encampment location:  16 Ridge Top Rd., New Durham, NH
All day, both days, talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil War Resurfaces, Via Family Letters, in New Book</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/07/26/civil-war-resurfaces-via-family-letters-in-new-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Lake Winnipesaukee Museum, Route 3, Laconia, NH was the site of a talk provided by Alan Fraser Houston about his new book, Keep Up Good Courage: A Yankee family and the Civil War. photo by James Cummings
Alan Fraser Houston presented a most engaging talk about the Civil War, and his family&#8217;s connections to it, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Citizen&#8217;s Companion</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/06/22/the-citizens-companion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article of mine, &#8220;Gunboat Quilts: Fundraisers for the Confederacy&#8221; has just been published in The Citizen&#8217;s Companion, a print publication that is sent to subscribers bimonthly. To round out the article, Barbara Brackman provided six photos of Civil War quilts which add much color and interest. My article is on pages 25-28.
Before receiving a [...]]]></description>
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