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This Week at Door County’s Crossroads: Vintage & Antique Treasure Sale, July 29-30; Spinning, Aug 1 and more

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.

On a misty July morning, few places in Door County are as beautiful as the prairie planting at Crossroads at Big Creek.
Prairies are not native to Door County, but they do occur in Wisconsin so about a dozen years ago, students from the School District of Sturgeon Bay planted prairie grasses and flowers about halfway [...]

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Door County Maritime Museum Hosting Tall Ship Cannon Salute & Breakfast

Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

The Cannon Salute & Breakfast Under the Big Top takes place in conjunction with the Baylake Bank Tall Ship Parade of Sail in Sturgeon Bay on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 12.
Ships escorted by boats from the United States Coast Guard and the Sturgeon Bay Police Department will parade through Sturgeon Bay in groups of [...]

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This Week at Crossroads: Enjoy an Ice Cream Sundae, July 25 and Treasure Sale, July 29-30

Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.

Here’s another chance for you to enjoy an Ice Cream Social this Sunday at the Historical Village at The Crossroads.

The Door County Historical Society has deemed this week a Cherry Sundae event. But could that be historically accurate? Well, ice cream was first created in England for the court of Charles I around 1600. Here in the United States, our [...]

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The “Wisconsin Magazine of History” Wins National Award of Merit

Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

The Wisconsin Historical Society Press proudly announces that the “Wisconsin Magazine of History” is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards!
The American Association of State and Local History’s Leadership in History Award, now in its 65th year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and [...]

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Maritime Museum Hosting Maritime Historical Film Premiere, July 21

Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by Bob Desh.

The Door County Maritime Museum will host the grand premiere of the new documentary “Lakeshore Guardians: The Story of the United States Life-Saving Service in Wisconsin” at 7 pm, Wednesday, July 21, at its Sturgeon Bay museum.
Writer, filmmaker, and producer Daniel Larson, responsible for the popular Keepers of the Door series, will be on hand [...]

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Baylake Bank Tall Ship Parade of Sail Announced for Sturgeon Bay, Aug 12

Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by Staff Reporter.

A Parade of Sail will take place in Sturgeon Bay on the morning of Thursday, August 12, as the kick-off for the 2010 Baylake Bank Tall Ship Festival taking place August 13-15 at Leicht Park in Green Bay.
The Baylake Bank Parade of Sail will be a celebration that brings residents, visitors, and [...]

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Today at Door County’s Crossroads, Joe Knaapen Brings the Past to Life in Portraying 1850’s Congressman Edward S. Minor, July 4

Posted on 04. Jul, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.

We  don’t “do politics” at Crossroads at Big Creek, but we have decided to make an exception on Independence Day. Our guest politician, Congressman Edward S. Minor, died in 1924, so we don’t think we will risk our non-profit status.
Every Sunday afternoon, the Door County Historical Society hosts a special event at The Historical Village [...]

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Third Avenue Playhouse Plans Sunset Cruise Benefit, July 17

Posted on 30. Jun, 2010 by Judy Drew.

Very few things say Door County more than the beautiful waters surrounding the peninsula and our spectacular summer sunsets.
Third Avenue Playhouse plans to take full advantage of both when they hold A Little Night Music, an event for the benefit of the theater, on Saturday, July 17. Registration for the event will begin at 5:30 [...]

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This Week at Crossroads, “Celebrate Porches” at The Historical Village

Posted on 23. May, 2010 by Coggin Heeringa.

The Door County Historical Society created the Historical Village at Crossroads to give families, school groups and visitors the experience of living like pioneer settlers and sharing in the simple community life.
Now, we have a new porch at Crossroads at Big Creek. It is attached to the most recently acquired (we can’t really say “new”) [...]

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A Door County Mom’s Essay on the True Origin of Mother’s Day, First Celebrated as “Mother’s Work Day” in 1858

Posted on 09. May, 2010 by Elizabeth Moriarty.

Editor’s note: This essay was first published on Mother’s Day in the Door County Compass, the “mother” of our own current publication, on May 7, 2005.
The first Mother’s Day was organized by mothers, not for mothers.
The first manifestation of Mother’s Day was called “Mothers’ Work Day,” a movement begun in 1858 by Appalachian homemaker Anna [...]

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