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Article: Exhibit covers aprons.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: DISTRICT)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
It is called an icon of housewifery and a barbecuer's best friend. It has held practically everything from babies to hot pots to apples for baking. It is worn around the globe by people as disparate as Holocaust survivors and Joe Six-Pack.
It is the apron - and a traveling exhibit pays homage to it as Americans prepare for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
Also on the horizon is National Tie One on Day, whose creator, EllynAnne Geisel, says she was inspired by her mother's love of Thanksgiving, as a day more than anything else of sharing and gratefulness. Tie One On is celebrated the day before Thanksgiving.
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