The story of quilting in America is as diverse as the patterns, fabrics and individuals who create the art. Besides providing warmth, quilts can tell a story, display creativity and uncover history.

You're 25 years old, married with two children, and own a nice house and business unique to your area. Then you get the call to duty, along with 75,000 other troops, to fight for the Union against the ...

HOLYOKE - The Holyoke Medical Center Auxiliary has woven our country’s past into its present. The auxiliary’s annual quilt raffle and membership meeting will focus on the American Civil War, as does a ...

Becky Wright couldn’t have known when she bought an old, mostly brown muslin quilt at an estate sale 34 years ago that it would become so much a part of her life — that it would, in fact, change her ...

Many local and national venues this year are mounting exhibitions and events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is no ...

A fourth-grade class at Elmwood School recently shared their research on former President Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era with fellow students. Jamie Kanas’ fourth-grade class met in the ...

As part of the ongoing 150th anniversary of the Civil War at the Smithsonian Institution, the Around the Mall team will be reporting in a series of posts on some of the illustrative artifacts held by ...

They say one man's trash is another man's treasure. Turns out one sister's old quilt is another sister's window to history, prized display piece and potential ticket to family fame and fortune. The ...

DAVENPORT (AP) -- Becky Wright couldn't have known when she bought an old, mostly brown muslin quilt at an estate sale 34 years ago that it would become so much a part of her life - that it would, in ...