A Crib Quilt to Comfort and Remember.
On this day in 1982, the Vietnam Memorial, designed by Yale University architecture student Maya …
A weekday series of posts that pair historical events–from weather to war to religion to popular culture–with a quilt documented in The Quilt Index, a joint project of the Quilt Alliance, MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University and the Michigan State University Museum.
On this day in 1982, the Vietnam Memorial, designed by Yale University architecture student Maya …
On this day in 1954, Ellis Island shuts its doors. The immigration gateway that opened …
On this day in 1918, World War I (also known as the Great War) ended …
On this day in 1969, “Sesame Street,” the educational television show for young children conceived …
On this day in 1860, Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts of …
On this day sometime in the early 1940’s, the tradition of “Devil’s Night” began in …
On this day in 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded. Betty Friedan …
On this day in 1886, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in …
On this day in 1901, the New York City Subway opened with a 9.1 mile …
On this day in 1989, San Francisco suffered the deadliest earthquake since 1906. The quake …