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Holly Johnson: Lizzie Hormel: full of ambition
As often happens around the Hormel Historic Home, we start out researching one topic and end up with more information than anticipated. For the upcoming ...
As often happens around the Hormel Historic Home, we start out researching one topic and end up with more information than anticipated. For the upcoming ...
What do “Amos and Andy,” “Fibber McGee and Molly,” and “War of the Worlds” have in common? They were popular radio shows that provided entertainment ...
In honor of Valentine’s Day this weekend, I researched the history of the day we now traditionally celebrate with red roses and chocolate. There is ...
I mentioned last week that I would be sharing items of interest from the donation of the 1911 Ladies’ Home Journals. Well, now I am ...
I am grateful to the Austin Daily Herald and Austin Living publications for giving me the opportunity to share news and ads from the Hormel ...
Although the Christmas decorations will be on display at the Hormel Historic Home for another week, we have technically completed the holiday season. It is ...
In 1946 Gertrude Skinner wrote a tribute about her dear friend Lillian Belle Hormel after her passing. The piece painted a portrait of a beloved ...
Since I am sure you’ve always wondered how the ladies of the YWCA in the 1930s celebrated Twelfth Night, I am sharing with you an ...
Happy New Year! No matter if you had a party for one or a virtual celebration online with many to ring in the new year, ...
If you asked 10 people to tell you what Christmas and New Year’s celebrations mean to them personally, you would likely get 10 different descriptions ...
For those of you waiting anxiously for my annual re-write of a traditional Christmas song, here it is. Now, I am not naïve enough to ...
So often I hear from people that a member of their family was involved in some capacity at the Hormel Historic Home or the YWCA. ...
Dec. 4, 2020, would have been George A. Hormel’s 160th birthday. In 1940, he celebrated his 80th at his Los Angeles home surrounded by family ...
No doubt your Thanksgiving celebration looked a little different this year. Did you fix a turkey? How many pies did you bake? Were there fewer ...
I would love to start this column offering you wishes for a nice Thanksgiving week filled with family, friends, and fun, but the current state ...