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Revisiting Bedford County: Shawnee State Park and the Ship Hotel

by Jenny 20 July 2009 History

Bedford County, PA still looks pretty much the way I see it in old pictures and in my mind. At Shawnee State Park, the little swing still sits in its secluded picnic area at the top of the hill overlooking Shawnee’s lake and beach. I have a 30-year-old picture of that same swing set, with me and my sister and my dad posing in front.

Tagged as: American History, American Studies, family, History, Pennsylvania, Summer, Western Pennsylvania

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The Oregon Trail

by Jenny 8 July 2009 History

My sisters and I spent entire summers when we were kids playing with an Apple PC. The computer was from my dad’s classroom (he is a retired teacher), and in the summers he was permitted to bring it home. We spent hours generating Print Shop banners on the loud, slow dot matrix printer. We also were enchanted with putting together wagon teams on The Oregon Trail.

Tagged as: American History, American Studies, History

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Trip to Santa Fe: Part II: Religious Tourism

by Jenny 21 June 2009 History

Two weekends ago, Jonathan and I watched our friends John and Mari pledge their faithfulness to each other in a stucco-covered adobe church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Congratulations, Mari and John! It was a beautiful Orthodox Christian wedding. The church itself is Antiochian Orthodox, one chain in the lush emblazoned tapestry of culture and faith that is Santa Fe.

Tagged as: American History, American Studies, Catholicism, History, New Mexico, Religion, Summer, Travel

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