A very simple design for a lovely paper Easter Basket can be found at http://www.giddygreetings.com/2010/02/easy-paper-basket.html I’ve made one from origami paper and it looks stunning. Tried it with a glue stick and it was a real pain holding the paper until it sets so my recommendation is double-sided tape over glue or a glue stick.
In researching a project for a Young Historian’s program, I came across the Easter 1939 concert Marian Anderson gave in front of the Lincoln Memorial. She was bared by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) from singing in Constitution Hall because of her race. Eleanor Roosevelt, then First Lady, resigned from the DAR and worked with the NAACP and the Roosevelt administration to create the memorable open air concert for 75,000 people. Millions listened via the radio. What a voice!
You can watch the newsreel of her singing “My Country Tis of Thee” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQnzb0Jj074
Eleanor Roosevelt’s resignation letter and her weekly newspaper column announcing her decision can be read at the FDR Library website http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/tmirhfee.html
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