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Card with photograph of a baby sleeping in a small cloth hammock.

Why Celebrate New Year’s?

Posted by: Josh Levy

The recipe completed with finished gingerbread, accompanied by candied ginger and cranberries on a white plate with a blue rim. Photo courtesy of author.

Of Note: A Dessert Straight Out of History

Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs

Head and shoulders portrait . Printed at bottom: SAMUEL EDMUND NICHOLS. DURING THE WAR

Of Note: Trust Your Gut: A Civil War Soldier’s Thanksgiving

Posted by: Andrea J. Briggs

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Halloween Greetings

Posted by: Ryan Reft

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

An Irishman, a U.S. President, and the First Hanging in the District of Columbia

Posted by: Josh Levy

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Winter Readings and Season’s Greetings

Posted by: Josh Levy

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

Diplomatic Holiday Greetings

Posted by: Elizabeth Novara

Handwritten copy (with deletions crossed out and additions added) of the first few sentence of Jefferson

“I did not see the use of being uncomfortable on Thanksgiving day”: Tight Clothes and Big Meals in 19th-Century America

Posted by: Michelle Krowl