Quilts Repaired by Amish Woman
Montgomery has quite a population of Amish. When we went to pick up the quilts that an Amish woman had worked on for me, there was a "Hen Party" going on in her home. All of her daughters, daughters-in-law, and some friends and a dozen pre-school children had gathered to clean her home! No photos allowed; but an amazing experience for me, my sister, our aunt and our cousin's wife whose own farm neighbors several Amish family farms. It may be the Amish that preserve farming as an institution in Montgomery county.
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
