The exhibition features 5 quilts from Hall’s We Didn’t Wait For Freedom quilt series, plus a sixth quilt hand and machine pieced by Hall using original Civil War era quilt blocks.

Many years later, when Wright gave a talk about the Civil War to middle school students, she used the quilt as a “show-and-tell” artifact. When she finished speaking, the students wanted to ...

MUSCATINE, Iowa— The 15th Annual Quilt Show at New Era Lutheran Church drew 155 entries on Friday.

The quilt show is happening Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Camp Nelson National Monument. Visitors can also buy kits for $5 to create a quilt square. Proceeds benefit the Kids Cancer Alliance.

Civil War dead at Bloomington's Evergreen Cemetery were honored at a Memorial Day service held by Sons of Union Veterans on Wednesday, May 30, 1945. Men of the Bloomington Veterans of Foreign Wars ...