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Making Memories Monday: Celebrating Our Nation with a Neighborhood

ByJennifer McQuillan

  Three-hundred and sixty-four days of the year, our neighbors go about their business, rushing from one activity to another in typical Northern Virginia hyperdrive, managing little more than a quick wave through the car window.  Every Fourth of July, however, the neighborhood slows down long enough to gather at the pool for a few…

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History 101: Celebrating Independence, Exploring a Declaration

ByJennifer McQuillan

  When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to…

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Introducing our 2010 Patriotic T-shirt!

ByJennifer McQuillan

It turned out well, don’t you think… and it was by far the easiest of our patriotic t-shirts to make.  To make the Eagle-tee, you’ll need a t-shirt, washed in mild detergent and dried without fabric softener;  fabric paint in white, brown, yellow, black, and glitter fabric paint in red, white and blue – we…

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Celebrating the Birth of a Nation… with a bit of paint and lots of fun!

ByJennifer McQuillan

Growing up in a military family, I was taught to love our country, respect our flag, appreciate our freedoms, and celebrate the birth of our nation in style. The Fourth of July meant watching (or participating in) a parade, setting off fireworks, and enjoying the company of friends and family while remembering how fortunate we…