Back when cheap Halloween party decor was a distant dream, people had to make their Halloween decorations the old-fashioned way: by getting creative. Ghoul School 1919 is now in session!
Thanksgiving, now held each year on the fourth Thursday in November, has long been a controversial holiday, Here, look back at Thanksgiving history as it played out over more than three centuries.
Boo! If you’re having friends over for some spooky fun, look here for four different hauntingly creative Halloween party table decorations! These vintage menu suggestions and decor ideas are just as fun and festive today as ever.
Teen guests will swing at a party of food, fun and favors that a young hostess can make herself. Greet your invited ghosts and goblins with a Halloween party!
Here’s a special centennial cake… with a special frosting… Make them both with Borden’s cream.
Cheyenne’s “Frontier Day” (1897): 8,000 people see an entertaining time Bronco riding, Wild horse race, Stage hold-up, Hanging bee, Cow-pony races, etc. — A sham battle
When the Statue of Liberty was unveiled in 1886, 20,000 men in uniform were to march down New York City’s Fifth Avenue and Broadway with flags and bands of music, and a million people more or less came out to see the sight.
The frosting makes the cake! Cake decorating: How to make plaid frosting Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting mix beats right up into stiff, snowy “7-minute”
Victory — and peace — at last! Japanese surrender is complete and final General MacArthur named to head Allied occupation force; Japs ordered to report
President Proclaims Victory in Europe Truman warns Japanese to quit or face destruction; unconditional surrender will be ratified in Berlin Washington — President Truman proclaimed
V-E Proclamation touches off celebration: Downtown Hamilton thronged by thousands May 8, 1945 – Hamilton Journal and Daily News (Hamilton, OH) Blasts of air-raid siren ignite
Forefathers’ 4th How the great day was celebrated a hundred years ago Customs of old times / Powder and firecrackers were expensive and the noise
Observance of St Patrick’s Day in early times in Southern states The day was appropriately observed in Baltimore in 1795 Irishmen are taking much interest in the
The real death of a cheerleader story (1985) 
30 vintage TV dinners: Fried chicken, turkey, pot roast & other fab frozen food, retro-style 
20 vintage pink bathrooms: See some wild bubblegum-era midcentury home decor of the 1950s & 1960s 
US Army shoulder insignia (1945) 
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