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August 2012

The making of Labor Day

August 31, 2012

Love on the range: The story of a cowboy

August 30, 2012

I’ll take that drink to go!

August 29, 2012

Why you should take your little kids to a museum

August 28, 2012

Who are you? In 5 objects

August 27, 2012

Faces from the Civil War battlefield

August 24, 2012

Summer checklist: New program turns educators' wish lists into reality

August 23, 2012

Memories of a photo shoot with Julia Child

August 22, 2012

Remembering comedian Phyllis Diller

August 21, 2012

Snapshots of Julia Child's 100th birthday bash

August 16, 2012

Collecting a century of Girl Scouts

August 15, 2012

Fond memories of Julia Child's Kitchen

August 14, 2012

Wrapping up the London Olympics...in 1948

August 9, 2012

My summer with the First Ladies

August 8, 2012

Take a hike

August 7, 2012

Summer at the Museum

August 6, 2012

Civil War baseball

August 2, 2012
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