Author: John Sweetland
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West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day draws scores to our museum
Scores of Duwamish peninsula residents snaggted bargains on a wide variety of books, videos, T-shirts, wicker baskets, plants (forget-me-nots), miscellaneous items and — of course! — chocolate-chip cookies at our…
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Our restored totem pole benefits from GiveBIG
Thanks to everyone who contributed on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, to our organization via the Seattle Foundation’s campaign called GiveBIG. Our total for the day was $1,200, an increase of…
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Join us for unveiling of Admiral totem pole at our museum!
Admiral totem pole to rise again on June 6 at our ‘Birthplace of Seattle’ Log House Museum Historical society to unveil beloved, restored icon; ceremony to draw mayor, executive, Duwamish…
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VIDEO: Get to know lifelong Fauntleroy resident (and museum greeter) Nancy McPhee!
Southwest Seattle Historical Society volunteer Brad Chrisman created this 51-minute video focusing on Nancy McPhee, a lifelong resident of the Fauntleroy neighborhood of West Seattle, in March 2014. It is…
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‘Free Boy: A True Story of Slave and Master’ by Judy Bentley at ‘Words, Writers and West Seattle’
http://vimeo.com/91352459 Here is an edited video of the presentation by West Seattle author Judy Bentley about Free Boy: A True Story of Slave and Master, a book she co-wrote with…