Katrina Bousquet, member of the Finnish American Heritage Society in Canterbury with a tabletop loom, which is used to make sashes, belts, scarves and small table runners. Robert Harmon, left, and his brother, Richard Harmon, continue a tradition of “relief carving.” During Finland’s Winter War (1939-40), soldiers would carve scenes of their homes, farms and…
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The Olympic Games have never been without their controversies — nor is this a new phenomenon. In the 5th century BCE, the Games banned Sparta for violating a peace treaty, leading to one of the many engagements of the larger Peloponnesian Wars, as well as cheating — where they then had the temerity to win…
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Activities once considered normal are now plagued by fear thanks to the gun culture. Bicycles remain along the sidewalk after parade-goers fled Downtown Highland Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Mary Mathis/The New York Times) | July 6, 2022, 12:00 p.m….
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