Tag: history
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Tribute to Navajo Code Talkers
Tribute to Navajo Code Talkers (sculpture) Originally uploaded by Daniel Greene This giant sculpture at the corner of Central & Thomas in Phoenix, AZ is a tribute to Navajo Code Talkers. I didn’t know that when I took the photo the other day; I just wanted a shot of a landmark I’ve always admired but […]
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Was Canonized Saint at Milan Conference?
When I heard last week on NPR that an Italian priest who “helped the deaf” in the late 1800s had been canonized as a saint, I couldn’t help wondering: was he at the Milan Conference of 1880, a conference of “educators of deaf-mutes” who moved to forbid sign language and mandate oralism. Filippo Smaldone lived […]
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The arts are in my blood
Okay, maybe I’m bragging a little, but I would like to tell you something about my family and their involvement in the performing and visual arts. My grandmother on my mother’s side was a singer who performed in vaudeville. She toured the Orpheum circuit as Linda Preston with comedian Gene Sheldon. If you have an […]
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