Signature Quilt from the Civil War era
11-07-2011, 11:49 AM
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Signature Quilt from the Civil War era
Thursday & Friday I spent in Washington DC, with my son on the Fifth grade field trip. One of the agenda items was Ford's Theater. In the museum, there is a signature quilt of the era, which was used as a fundraiser.
If this works, the pictures are:
The quilt as signed by famous people of the era.
The key to all the signatures
Lincoln's signature
Attorney General Bate's signature (I think - I wanted to get the detail of the quilt's edge).
At one point, I left Gus and his friend who were sitting waiting to go on to the next part of the tour, to go back to the quilt. Gus's response - "Of course."
Cheers, K
If this works, the pictures are:
The quilt as signed by famous people of the era.
The key to all the signatures
Lincoln's signature
Attorney General Bate's signature (I think - I wanted to get the detail of the quilt's edge).
At one point, I left Gus and his friend who were sitting waiting to go on to the next part of the tour, to go back to the quilt. Gus's response - "Of course."
Cheers, K
11-07-2011, 12:15 PM
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This is remarkable. Thanks for posting. I am trying to "post quick reply" and it keeps giving me "Do you want to leave this page..." no, I don't. Don't know what is happening, but it's getting a little tiresome as it kicked my other post off...or it wouldn't show up and now it is showing up. aghhhhhhhhh
11-07-2011, 01:15 PM
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It certainly looked like a permanent display to me. I didn't know it existed until I wandered past the wall it is on.
The museum is really neat, it was my first time visiting it and was very pleasantly surprised.
Cheers, K
The museum is really neat, it was my first time visiting it and was very pleasantly surprised.
Cheers, K
11-07-2011, 02:19 PM
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In my need to know more, I found this link. http://www.fords.org/home/plan-your-...mmission-quilt Thanks for sharing and making us aware of this.
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