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Day 3 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Mass, WWI, Immigration, Shopping, and a Dinner Cruise

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on April 1, 2025 Posted in History, Travel, World Affairs No Comments

Australian Monument to the Unknown Soldier

We had all day to explore the city of Sydney, Australia, on our own.

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Day 2 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Sydney Tour

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on March 30, 2025 Posted in Travel 2 Comments

Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House sits on land that the indigenous Gadigal clan call Tubowgule. The British called it Bennelong Point.

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Day 1 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on March 27, 2025 Posted in Travel 8 Comments

Boeing 737-700

After eight months of waiting, it was finally our departure day for our March 5-24, 2025, AAA/Collette “Australia’s Outback to New Zealand’s South Island” tour.

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Brockway, PA: Where Italian Immigrants Once Worked the Mines

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on November 4, 2024 Posted in Family, History, Travel No Comments

The amphitheater in Taylor Memorial Park

Have you heard of Brockway, PA? Have you been there? Well, we were recently, there and a few things impressed me that I’d love to tell you about.

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From Munich to Frankfurt, Up and Down, All Around

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on July 20, 2024 Posted in Culture, Family, Travel 1 Comment

View from just below Burg Stahleck in Bacharach

Dear Visitor: I thought you might be interested in reading a little about our recent trip to southern Germany. There were eight of us, including our guide, Derek, a German teacher at a local high school here in northwest Pennsylvania. …

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Erie golf course has concerning history

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on May 30, 2024 Posted in Environment, Northwest PA No Comments

As Millcreek Township, in northwest Pennsylvania, moves forward with the attempted sale of the Erie Golf Club property, located on Old Zuck Road, there’s an approximately 40-acre section of concern. Potential bidders on the property are being informed about the …

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The Complicated Legacy of NSDAR and Marian Anderson

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on February 10, 2024 Posted in History, People, World Affairs No Comments

Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939

Note: I am a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and wrote this article for my chapter’s newsletter. The Daughters of the American Revolution has a complicated legacy regarding American contralto, Marian Anderson (1897-1993). Raised in Philadelphia, Anderson …

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Look Back Erie: A Telephone for the People

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on May 11, 2023 Posted in Daily Life, History, Northwest PA, Technology 1 Comment

There was once a telephone service in Erie, Pennsylvania, that was subscription based, designed so that a sole interest could not direct the future of the company. Well, that was the plan.

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Sad to See DVD Netflix Go

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on April 19, 2023 Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Writing 10 Comments

I knew it was coming. I just didn’t think it would be this soon. I don’t like that it had to be this way, but DVD Netflix will ship its last disc on September 29, 2023. The reason given is …

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A Laugh Break at the National Comedy Center

By Ann Silverthorn Posted on April 4, 2023 Posted in Entertainment, History, Movies, Writing 1 Comment

My writing friend, Sue Henninger, had a great idea recently to visit the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY, for a break from the editing of our novels, neither of which are funny. She learned that the center has a …

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