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Memorial Day: A Civil War Holiday

By Jeanette Bovard | May 19, 2015

In May of 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina, the African American community decorated the graves of Union soldiers who had died while in a Confederate prisoner of war camp. In…

The Reverend Colonel Higgins

By Jeanette Bovard | May 12, 2015

Reverend David J. Higgins was already in his forties by the time the Civil War began and was an established minister. He decided that it was his patriotic duty to…

A Closer Look at Thaddeus Lowe

By Jeanette Bovard | May 7, 2015

Civil War balloonist Thaddeus Lowe was born on August 20, 1832 in Jefferson, New Hampshire. His full name was Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, and with little more than a grammar…

The John F. Godfrey Post, Grand Army of the Republic

By Jeanette Bovard | May 5, 2015

The John F. Godfrey Post was far from the first Grand Army post formed in California. In fact, it was the ninety-third! Pasadena didn’t form a Post until a big…

Thomas Croft: The Man Who Owned Pasadena for a Day

By Jeanette Bovard | April 28, 2015

Thomas Croft was an organized man. That served him well during his time in the Union Navy during the Civil War. He was an officer, and he served as paymaster…

What’s an Enfield, and Why is it in the Exhibit?

By Jeanette Bovard | April 21, 2015

The Enfield .577 caliber rifled musket was the second most common weapon used in the American Civil War, largely because it was used by both sides. It was a British-made…

Cruising Colorado Boulevard: A Memoir

By Jeanette Bovard | November 4, 2014

My chariot to freedom arrived in the form of a jalopy. I had turned 16 in July and my driver’s license was aching to go for a ride. I signed…

The Arts & Crafts Origins of the Finnish Folk Art Museum

By Jeanette Bovard | December 9, 2012

Many people who’ve been to the Finnish Folk Art Museum assume this “tupa,” or Finnish-style farmhouse. was designed in authentic Scandinavian style. But in its earliest years the building was…

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