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Merry Christmas?

Last heard from, Sid was planning his trip to spend the holidays with his family in Buffalo - and to spend time with Elsie. So I wasn't surprised to find a festive Christmas card (shown above) in the next envelope in the box. What was a surprise was what was on the inside: Who the…

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Is it 1932 or 2020?

The next letter that Sid pens, in mid October 1932, strikes me as so extraordinarily timely for readers in 2020 that it is hard to believe that more than 85 years have passed since it was mailed. How can something written in a completely different time speak so directly to our current situation in America?…