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Archive for May 2020

Let Freedom Ring, The Justice Bell Tour and the 1915 Suffrage Referendum

By luzerne-chs | May 26, 2020

The year 2020 is of course the 100th anniversary of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which finally gave women the right to vote. As part of…

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Taste the History: Trying Out Historic Recipes

By luzerne-chs | May 19, 2020

While everyone is at home I thought it would be cool to look at something a little different this week: a historic cookbook! Most of us have cookbooks laying around,…

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