Once a year families and communities across the US take time to honor the men and women who died while serving our country. Many will gather at local memorials to give their thanks to these brave men and women. Known as Decoration Day, the tradition was to decorate graves in remembrance of those people that […]
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Sunday, December 17, 2017
Posted in Backroads,Christmas,Santa Claus,Texas Historical Site,Texas Towns,UncategorizedNo comments Every year, come December there is magic in the air as we prepare for Christmas and the chance to celebrate Jesus’ birth. After Mary and Joseph had traveled the BACKROADS our savior was born in a manger. There is not better place to celebrate the birth of Christ then on the Backroads of THE LONE […] In 1897 eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon asked her father whether Santa Claus really existed. Philip O’Hanlon suggested she write the New York Sun – assuring her “if you see it in The Sun, it’s so” Virginia wrote Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa […] |
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