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The Lutherans Arrive in Santa Fe
At the beginning of World War I, a group of Lutheran pacifists found their way to Santa Fe. Their objection to that war followed a
December 15, 2022
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At the beginning of World War I, a group of Lutheran pacifists found their way to Santa Fe. Their objection to that war followed a
Tuberculosis became the leading cause of death in this country from the 1880s until the advent of penicillin in the 1940s. The dreaded disease brought
The most significant historical event in New Mexico was the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. That’s when the pueblos successfully drove all of the Spanish colonists
During the Christmas holidays in Santa Fe the blending of Moorish and Native American culture abounds. The traditional winter pageants, Los Matachines and Los Moros
The archeologist Edgar Lee Hewett was born on this day on November 23, 1865. Hewett is the most historically significant man of the twentieth century in
On December 7, 1941, the psyche of Americans received a jolt with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. By March 1942 Japanese-American prisoners began to
New Mexico’s Zia Symbol The number four is significant for New Mexico starting with the state flag. In 1920 the self-taught artist, Velina Shije Herrera,
Lamy’s Altar Boy Benigno Muñiz was born in 1870, and when he was 11 he served as an altar boy for Archbishop Jean-Baptist Lamy. In
Veteran’s Day holds special place in the hearts of many. In all of Santa Fe’s history one defining event during World War II reverberates even
New Mexico’s early photographers faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles: the lack of readily available equipment and supplies, the length of time it took to get supplies
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