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Our History Depicted in Public Places

Can informed and civil conversations promote understanding of diverse views? Increasingly, national conversations about what history should be taught emerge…

6 years ago

All Wood All the Time

Given his eventual ownership of up to 15,000 acres of woodland, William's business idea was to sell two pieces of…

6 years ago

Story of Hart Hubbard Apples

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6 years ago

Rediscovering Caroline Morgan Clowes: Her Work

Enjoy these works, oil on canvas, by Caroline Morgan Clowes. DCHS Collections, Hart-Hubbard Collection, unless otherwise noted. Courtesy of Elise…

6 years ago

Rediscovering Caroline: Later Life, Death, Legacy

Scroll down to view the exhibition, or click "jump" to jump to a topic The first years of Caroline’s life…

6 years ago

The Bridal by Spooner

We are grateful to Barbarah Hughey, DCHS Yearbook contributor, and advisor on "gardening and growing things" as a topic, for…

6 years ago

I Am Myself

We are fortunate the William Clowes, in September of 1856, looked back and wrote about the period of time when…

6 years ago

Gerhardus to Joseph Clowes 1798

This letter is addressed to Caroline’s grandfather, Joseph. He was the only sibling who was not a Loyalist. Siblings Gerhardus…

6 years ago