PRAIRIE GROVE -- A collaboration between history, art and a local quilting shop recently provided Prairie Grove Junior High students hands-on learning as they did a "deep dive into the quilt codes" ...

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva will host a special presentation on the secret messages sewn into pre-Civil War era quilts that pointed the way to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Juneteenth, which commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day the last enslaved people in Texas were freed — was observed this week. But the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park is continuing the ...

Feb. 22—It's amazing the things that can be said with a piece of fabric — a lesson that was taken to heart by members of the Madison County Historical Society after a presentation from Colonel Judy ...

Edith Edmunds, who is 99 years old, the art of quilt making is inextricably linked to the Black struggle for freedom. That's why she plans to be... For Edith Edmunds, the art of quilt making is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connie Martin always knew who her ancestors were growing up. “There was a big picture of (her great-grandmother) in grandma Lizzie ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Quilts in a variety of patterns and sizes have filled Sterling Public Library for the 2022 Quilt ...