Helping the present understand the past
Welcome to Around the Town Thursday! Around the Town Thursday is a way for me to highlight interesting, fun or useful places around my beautiful hometown of Kansas City. In the spotlight today is one of my favorite places: The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. Liberty Memorial (during maintenance) The National World…
Welcome to Tombstone Tuesday! Today’s tombstone is brought to you from Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, MO and belongs to my maternal grandmother, Edith Marie (Brown) Conwell. Edith was the youngest child of Richard Selman Brown and Martha Lucinda (Vaughn) Brown. She had five older sisters and four older brothers. Edith was born 1 December…
I love going to estate sales. Some people might find it a little creepy to go sorting through the personal items of someone who’s deceased but I’ve discovered many interesting treasures at estate sales. It shocks and disturbs me to see family pictures and possible heirlooms being sold and I’m heartbroken that I’m not always…