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May is Historic Preservation Month. It is a time for businesses, historical societies, and other organizations to highlight places that have played an important role in our past. Here in Vermont, most of us believe that old homes and neighborhoods embody America’s living history and should be celebrated.
What is it like where you live? Is there a focus on elevating awareness of old homes? Do your communities rally around them?
On a personal level, I assisted a recently widowed neighbor to move to a new, smaller home after the sudden death of her husband. Oh, the trouble she had culling through her treasured mementoes of a fifty year marriage with her beloved! You may have heard the expression that Vermonters don’t throw anything out? Well, Bill certainly didn’t! From an old train set that he built with a nephew to trunks of costumes from their community theater days, to CD and cassette collections and many ways to play them. And the couple seemed to have at least three sets of every kitchen gadget known to Man— from coffee makers to toasters to ladles!
What did my friend treasure most? Her Bill’s writings…letters, stories, articles.
What would make your list if you could only keep, say…three precious possessions in your home right now?
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