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Pumpkins and Patriotism: How Olympia Celebrated Halloween During World War II - ThurstonTalk (opens the original)
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In the early 20th century, Halloween was changing from a night of pranks and vandalism into a community celebration. For Olympia during World War II it became a patriotic holiday, too. Celebrating Halloween became a way for people on the home front to defy the war’s gloom. “In a world fraught with trouble,” the Daily Olympian commented on October 29, 1943, “it is gratifying to know that Americans are still celebrating this old-fashioned holiday, and can drop the cares of everyday life for an eve
History Under Our Feet: The Bicentennial Time Capsule at the State Capitol - ThurstonTalk (opens the original)
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Most visitors to the State Capitol – also known as the Legislative Building – in Olympia, tend to look up rather than down. Many people walk right over a time capsule from the American Bicentennial celebrations in 1976. It is set to be opened in 2076. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a time capsule as “a container holding historical records or objects representative of current culture that is deposited for preservation until discovery by some future age.” Time capsules are often created fo
Eli Glover’s Bird’s-eye View Showcased Olympia and Tumwater in 1879 - ThurstonTalk (opens the original)
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Washington was still a territory in the late 1870s, when artist Eli Glover arrived. His famous depiction of Olympia and Tumwater captured the hopes and dreams of these growing communities on the eve of statehood. Bird’s-eye – or panoramic – views show scenes from the air. They date back to the Middle Ages. American demand for them exploded after the Civil War. Hundreds of communities, both large and small, across the nation were depicted by traveling artists. One of these artists was Eli Sheldon
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