Miniature doll house at Scottsdale Library draws visitors
Roy and Virginia Nilsen of Scottsdale built a one inch to foot scale Woodholden House for the Scottsdale Library to honor Mrs. Nilsen’s parents. The four year project features 100 lights, a Christmas tree, a sleigh of presents, doll-sized belongings, original oil paintings, fine china, sterling silver, and a grand room filled with tiny, detailed furnishings for children to admire.
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Scottsdale
Woodholden
Roy
Virginia Nilsen
Setting history straight in The Patriots by Virginius Dabney
Historian Virginius Dabney argues The Patriots proper examines fifty Revolutionary leaders free of legend. Betsy Ross and Paul Revere are debunked as mythic icons while Abigail Adams Mercy Warren Martha Washington and Deborah Samson are highlighted as real figures. The book includes contributions from Brewster Catton Lodge Buckley and Commager as it seeks accurate leadership portraits.
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Vivian Brown
UP News
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Molly Pitcher
Paul Revere
Concord
Virginius Dabney
Betsy
Washington
Monmouth
Dabney
Longfellow
Revere
Old North Church
Kingman Brewster Jr
Yale
Bruce Catton
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
United Nations
William Buckley Jr
Henry Steele Commager
Abigail Adams
Mercy Warren
Abigail
Martha Washington
Mount Vernon
Deborah Samson
Yorktown
She
Richmond Times-Dispatch
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Divorce reform champion seeks to rework marriage laws
Barbara Herrera profiles Clint Jones a 44 year old Los Angeles native who advocates removing divorce from courts to mediation and arbitration and teaching youths about marriage rights. He chairs the nonprofit Committee for Safe Marriage arguing current laws favor one partner, especially in custody, and undermine family stability.
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Barbara Herrera
Copley
Clint Jones
Jones
Los Angeles
Ford
N.H
Committee For Safe Marriage
New England
Orange County
Calif
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Dream
Darry Freilinger
Collectibles
Sun City
Youngtown Area
Michigan Avenue
Youngtown
Grand Avenue
Hydracar
N. 70Th Street
Fifth Ave
Dorothy
Jim Kennedy
Calico
Es Ie
Miller Reek
Madame Alexander
Breyer Horses
Dinky
AMF Tricycles
Tonka Trucks
Lego
Fischertechnik
Wicked
Fifth Aven
Stevon Drive
John Jonda
N. Marshall Way
Third Avenue
Phylls de Trano Dress Shop
East Camelback Rd
Miller Plaza Shopping
Winchell's Donuts
Miller Road
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