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Do they realize that without the veterans’ service for our country, from the Revolutionary War forward, we might not be enjoying the freedoms we have today?

Have you researched the veterans in your family heritage and shared this with your children?  Some of us have ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War and other wars to the present.

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Kids & the Significance of Veteran’s Day

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My quilting heritage descends from the Trails End Quilters.  The ladies who lived at Trails End Farm were my ancestors.   My mother and aunt also grew up there.

I’ve been fortunate to have a cooking notebook that my aunt compiled.  In it she includes recipes from her grandmothers, her mother, other relatives, friends and neighbors.  It’s somewhat a cooking history of the ladies associated with Trails End.

 (Incidentally, it was called Trails End because….the farm was at the end of a dirt road or “the trails end.”)

Ah…to have the time to compile these recipes into a family cookbook, with photos and stories about the Trails End family and friends.  This is another way to preserve one’s family heritage and pass it along to future generations.

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Cooking with the Trails End Quilters

I’ve always found vintage looks and items fascinating, reminiscent of the memorabilia from my grandmothers ‘ days.  They’re also fun to incorporate into family heritage scrapbooks, shadow boxes, collages, and photo albums.

As I sorted through cards and letters and calling cards from my grandmothers’ era, I found vintage items that personalize my collections and make our family heritage art work especially memorable and personal.

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Exploring Vintage Easter Crafts

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Along with writing them down you can:

• Make quilts and wall hangings with photos, related scenes and activities, or fabrics from family clothing.
• Develop scrapbooks about family events.
• Preserve documents along with photos in collages, books, and on fabric.
• Write books that relate family stories and add illustrations.  I’m working on a picture book about my Uncle William “Buffalo Bill” Mathewson.
• Develop fiction stories inspired by those of your family.  The life of  Great Great Grandmother Cynthia, who lived during the Civil War era, would make an exciting novel.
• Create a shadow box with mementos such as buttons, beads, jewelry, and awards.  For instance, I’m putting together a collage of my uncle’s military metals and memorabilia.

Do you have any techniques you’re using to preserve your family heritage?

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Crafting Your Family Heritage