Rancho Bernardo couple’s ‘My Hero’ dolls connect military parents and children
Matt and Jaclyn Miller have created the ‘My Hero’ line of recordable dolls to help deployed military parents bond with their ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
named for the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a restrained bear, could be replaced by a plush version of the 18-pound opossum served to Taft for dinner on January 15. A 1909 ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy
If ‘Teddy Bear,’ why not ‘Billy Possum’?” That was the question posed by a political cartoon in the January 10, 1909, issue of the Atlanta Constitution. Inspired by a highly anticipated “possums and ...
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23 Top Things to Do in Vermont
Vermont is known for a plethora of outdoor adventures, from hiking the Green Mountains to boating on Lake Champlain. It also offers some of the most charismatic small towns in the U.S. (see: Stowe and ...
Inside Ned’s, the private club for a new generation of D.C. cool kids
This is Ned’s, the new private club in downtown Washington that promises a retreat for the first 1,000 members selected to ...