‘Lights of the Great Lakes’

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s Last week, I said I would be blogging the second part of the information on the Mount Vernon area, here in Washington. That will be furthered in next weeks blog instead of todays. For the last couple of months I have been working on a new project while I was waitingContinue reading “‘Lights of the Great Lakes’”

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Mount Vernon, Washington

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s Patriotism ran strong among the early pioneering settlers to this area. They named the township and village after our first President (Washington) and a village after his Virginia estate (Mount Vernon). Since there were many of Scottish descent arriving new to the area, the name was easily approved. The ruggedly hillyContinue reading “Mount Vernon, Washington”

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911 Remembered, 20 Years Later

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s Saturday marked the twentieth time that September 11th has come round the calendar, saying anniversary usually denotes something worth celebrating this surely was not. September 11, 2001, like many other important dates that we remember in history, is a date that needs remembering by us that lived through it, and thoseContinue reading “911 Remembered, 20 Years Later”

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The story of the ‘Free Public Library’

Linda’a Monday Morning Moaning’s The ‘Romeo Free Public Library’, was a story, I found most interesting and wanted to share the research I had found about this great library. Samuel and Nancy Kezar, from Turner, New York lived in a Queen Anne style home on Church Street in Romeo, that they built in 1894. SamuelContinue reading “The story of the ‘Free Public Library’”

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My ‘Covid Lockdown’ Book – Part 2

Linda’s Monday Morning Moanings The roll out of ‘Farming in Northern Macomb County’, was more than we could have asked for, and I am sending a great thank you to all the people who made it out to the Washington Historical Museum on Sunday the 8th. The museum is such a special place and theContinue reading “My ‘Covid Lockdown’ Book – Part 2”

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