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The ceremonies centered on the veranda of theArlington mansion, once the home of RobertE. Lee. Various officials including PresidentUlysses S. Grant and General James Garfieldpresided over the ceremonies. After speeches,children from the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ OrphanHome and members of the GAR made theirway through the cemetery, strewing flowers,reciting prayers and singing hymns. Nearly5,000 people participated.

Local springtime tributes to the Civil War deadalready had been held in various places. Amongthe earliest were in Columbus MS, Macon andColumbus GA, Richmond VA and Boalsburg PA.(In 1966, Congress declared Waterloo NY the“official birthplace.”) By the end of the 19thcentury, Memorial Day ceremonies, as theywere now called, were being held on May 30throughout the nation. State legislatures passedproclamations designating the day, and theArmy and Navy adopted regulations for properobservance. It was not until after World War I,however, that the day was expanded to honorthose who have died in all American wars. In1971, Memorial Day was declared a nationalholiday by an act of Congress. It was then alsoplaced on the last Monday in May.

Today, Arlington National Cemetery remains thecenter of the national observation, since veteransand other distinguished Americans have a spe-cial place there. On Memorial Day, the Presidentor Vice President gives a speech and lays awreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.Several Southern states continue to set aside aspecial day for honoring the Confederate dead.

Many other traditions have grown up aroundthe holiday, including parades down the mainstreets of cities and towns; the wearing of redpoppies which were originally sold to help promotethe idea of a Memorial Day; the placement ofsmall American flags at each of the more than260,000 gravestones at Arlington NationalCemetery and on the 150,000 graves at Jeffer-son Barracks National Cemetery near St. Louis;and Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts placing a can-dle at 15,300 grave sites of soldiers buried atFredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Mili-tary Park. In 2000, Congress asked Americans,wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Me-morial Day to pause in an act of national unity.The Moment does not replace traditional events;rather it is an act of national unity in which allAmericans, alone or with family and friends,honor those who died for our freedom.

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TAPS PLAYED AT 2009 MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES

Soon after the Civil War ended, in 1868, an organization of Union veterans —the Grand Army of the Republic — established Decoration Day as a timefor the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. MajorGeneral John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observedon May 30 because flowers would be in bloom all over the country. Thefirst large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery,across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

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JEFFERSON’S MONTICELLO HOME

Jefferson spent four decades designing Monticello,

building it, tearing it apart, redesigning it, and fi-

nally putting it all back together. He loved the

house and the grounds, and was reputed to know

the name of every tree planted on its grounds. He

even used his own kilns to bake the more than

half-million bricks he used in the various stages

of its construction. When he travelled or served

as a minister, he filled crates of furniture and art

and plants for the house. And when Jefferson

was President, he would often make the difficult

multi-day trip there from Washington DC.

Monticello was intended to be a traditional Palla-

dian building, but its placement on the top of a

remote mountain made the construction difficult.

Stone and timber had to be transported long dis-

tances, and water was always a problem. The house

was forever under construction and uncomfortable,

and Jefferson’s wife, Martha, who died at age

33, never lived in it finished. On the other hand,

Jefferson enjoyed the sense that Monticello was

unique among all American homes.

The house was filled with things invented by the

restless and creative Jefferson, including an obelisk

clock that he designed; the dumbwaiter; a poly-

graph machine that made exact copies of letters;

Venetian blinds for his greenhouses; a moldboard

for a plow; and his achromatic telescope. He also

spent many hours writing thousands of letters

and building a library of seven thousand books.

Throughout the many discomforts and hardships

experienced at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson felt

there was a brighter side, in that nothing like Mon-

ticello had ever been built in Colonial America.

Though beautiful and unique — and definitely

worth a visit — it had an economic flaw. It could

not produce enough money to pay for the country-

gentleman lifestyle so accustomed to Jefferson.

And though he was said to deplore slavery, he

did use slaves to keep it all going. He freed a few

of the slaves, but by the time of his death the

remaining slaves and the property were offered

for sale to pay debts.

To celebrate Jefferson’s 250th birthday, the

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation has done

assembled various paintings, furniture, natural

specimens, and scientific instruments he originally

collected. The foundation has also done yeoman’s

work restoring the house and its grounds.

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Monticello, in Charlottesville VA, was Thomas Jefferson's home formore than half a century. He picked out the site for such a house fromhis father's estate when he was twenty-one. He named it "Monticello"which is Italian for “Little Mountain.”

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VISIT MONTICELLO

“All my wishes endwhere I hope my dayswill end, at Monticello.” — THOMAS JEFFERSON

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As early as the 1820s, temperance activities

arose in Europe in response to the spread of

powerful distilled beverages. Early associations

first appeared in the U.S. in 1808 and 1813

in NY and MA, respectively, and then by the

thousands in the 1830s. American groups,

often affiliated with international counterparts,

included the Order of the Good Templars, the

Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and the

Anti-Saloon League. These groups became large

and outspoken, and used their political power

to shift the direction of the movement from

moral suasion to government control of alcohol.

Among the most notable figures are still house-

hold names: Susan B. Anthony, Frances E.

Willard, Carry Nation. Many were simultane-

ously involved in other Progressive movements

as well, such as abolition, women’s suffrage,

and civil service reform. There was also a streak

of nativism in the movement, i.e., immigrants

were often seen as the target of control.

The Temperance movement won many local

and statewide victories, and then peaked with

ratification of the 18th Amendment to the

U.S. Constitution. The 1919 amendment pro-

hibited the manufacture, distribution and sale

of alcohol.

The energy soon petered out. It became clear

that Prohibition was deeply unpopular, and led

to crime, black markets, and corruption. The

underground “speakeasy” and the private still

replaced the saloon, and the law became un-

enforceable. Repeal came in 1933 with pas-

sage of the Twenty-First Amendment, over the

protests of a still-powerful temperance lobby.

This had the effect of changing anti-alcohol

activities back primarily to private and com-

munity groups — Alcoholics Anonymous,

churches, medical doctors — and out of the

hands of the government. At the same time,

heavy government regulation and taxation of

alcohol use and sales remains as a legacy of

the Temperance movement.

RISE AND FALL OF THE

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT The American temperance movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries wasan organized effort to moderate or even prohibit the drinking of alcohol. Wide-spread drunkenness was seen by many as social and economic disaster — not tomention a moral sin and a gateway to criminal behavior — and the movement'sranks were mostly led by women seeking more stability for families.

A CLASSIC PHOTO FROM THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

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CHICAGO’S SILVER AND JEWELRY TRADITION

Perhaps the most famous legacy is Kalo jewelry,produced in a wide range of styles, from neck-laces that were pure Art Nouveau objects toPrairie-influenced geometric pins to Deco itemsoften in the Scandinavian taste. The mostcommon Kalo jewelry: “puffy” pins, slightlyconvex oval forms of cherries, flowers, pineap-ples, or arrangements of leaves and vines. Attimes, these were ornamented with semipreciousstones such as amethysts, pearls, lapis, blood-stones, moonstones, and citrines.

The soul of the Kalo Shop was the Kalo ArtsCrafts Community. This “school within a work-shop” was founded in 1900 by Chicago artentrepreneur and Kalo Shop owner Clara PaulineBarck Welles. An industrial artist colony, thefacility trained men and women artisans whileproducing hand wrought sterling silver, metalware, jewelry and craft items that were sold inthe Kalo Shop. Grant Wood, best known for hispainting “American Gothic,” lived in Park Ridgeand was among the great artists and crafts-people employed by The Kalo Shop.

Many former Kalo silversmiths and jewelersstarted their own companies with the blessingof Welles. This, in turn, led to the founding ofa full-fledged, profitable art industry in the

Chicago area. Indeed, these startups turnedChicago into the leader in silver and jewelrymaking during the American Arts & Craftsmovement. These included dozens of the bestknown companies in the world of Arts & Craftssilver today, all tracing their roots back to theKalo community.

In 2006, the Kalo Foundation was formed asa non-profit organization dedicated to pre-serving the rich artistic legacy of Chicago andthe Midwest through education, advocacy, andpreservation, as well as promoting Arts & Craftsas a part of modern life. The Foundation sponsorsseminars, exhibits, tours, publications and spe-cial events to increase awareness Kalo jewelry.

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The Kalo Shop is considered by many to have been the most importantAmerican hand wrought silversmith. The organization produced the widestrange of classic handmade jewelry, holloware and flatware for nearlyseven decades, and was a critical influence in the Arts & Crafts movement.It also sparked a high profile arts industry in the Chicago area as its in-fluence rippled out from the little town of Park Ridge IL.

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CAJUN COOKING

Cajun spices always consist of three items:

bell peppers, onions and celery. In addition

to this “holy trinity,” cayenne pepper and

garlic often make an appearance. Cajuns

are fond of spices, and these are applied

generously. Another characteristic of Cajun

cooking is simplicity. Again, the poor farm-

ers and fishermen found it practical to make

“one pot meals” of soups and stews. One

of the traditional favorite Cajun pastimes is

an old- fashioned crawfish boil. Before the

great feast of the boiled crawfish, potatoes,

onions and corn, youngsters make a mad

dash for the crawfish tub poking the live

crawfish with sticks while other family

members participate in crawfish races.

Generally speaking, Cajun food — like its

upscale and more citified sibling, Creole

cooking — is based on French cuisine with

a New World twist that includes influences

from the Caribbean and the Spanish. The

French influence arises from the origin of the

Cajuns, French Canadians (or Acadians) who

were forced from their homes after Britain

demanded they pledge allegiance to the

Crown and renounce their Catholic religion.

Under this cruel displacement policy —

known as the Great Derangement — roughly

20,000 French-speaking inhabitants fled

to south Louisiana, then under control of

Spain. They settled along the bayous and

developed their own traditions, a unique ac-

cent, and a signature spicy hot cuisine.

Today, Cajuns number more than 750,000.

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MAKING A CRAWFISH PIE ONGATEWAY TO CAJUN COOKING

Cajun food comes from the deepest Southern parts of Louisiana andMississippi. Cajun flavor is spicy and rich. Since Cajun people are so closeto the Gulf of Mexico, seafood is a big item in their dishes. Favorites arecrawfish, catfish, crabs, and oysters, all plentiful and easily available.As a food that had its roots among a poor and rural population, it makesuse of rice as a staple to “stretch” the quantity.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.”

— BILL COSBY POPULAR ACTOR, COMEDIAN, PRODUCER, EDUCATOR AND CULTURAL COMMENTATOR

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICAN HISTORY

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1883. After 14 years and two dozen deaths, the Brooklyn Bridge is completed. Dubbed

the “eighth wonder of the world,” the magnificent suspension bridge connects

two of America’s largest cities, New York and Brooklyn, for the first time. John

Roebling designed the bridge and his son Washington Roebling supervised its

completion. In 1898, the two cities merged into a Greater New York.

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