Throughout the holiday weekend we saw flags of all sizes, banners, buntings and sashes. Here in western Massachusetts, where we live, colonial style houses in some of the older towns seemed to lend themselves to some of the more creative displays. Here are some of our favorites, from the most simple to the most dramatic: [...]

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As we celebrate the long weekend, graduations and the unofficial beginning of the summer, it’s important to remember the meaning of the holiday. Memorial Day was first enacted as a federal holiday in 1868, at the end of the Civil War, to honor fallen Union soldiers.  After World War I, the scope of holiday was [...]

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