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Some old photos from Patriots’ Day, April, 19, 1985. I had to get up early to watch the reenactment of the April 19, 1775, “shot heard round the world” at the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, which marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. This is an annual event, and I’m sure it…
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms. Here is a photo of my Mom taken sometime in the late 1950s. She was around 17 years old in this photo. Joan Doucette Winterkorn (1938-2024). While looking for a photo of my mom to post to Facebook for Mother’s Day, I stumbled upon what is probably a better or…
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March 25, 2026, is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day. CP is a common lifelong motor disability that requires resilience, uniqueness, and support for individuals living with CP. This is a particularly difficult time for people with disabilities because of the current administration’s proposals, such as the Save America Act, which would create barriers for people…
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The photo below was taken about 1965. As I recall, this was an Easy-Bake Oven tea party. I wish the oven were in the photo. But we are eating whatever it was we baked with a light bulb! This was taken at the old Winterkorn homestead at 175 Lake Street, Waltham, MA. The old gas…
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I think this photo is from Christmas 1959, because I look to be around 2 years old. This photo was taken at the famous Grover Cronin’s Department store. This was THE place to shop in Waltham, MA, back in the early to mid-1900s. “Cronin’s,” as we called it, had the REAL Santa Claus, who would…