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TT in the Blue Mountains and Sheldy in New York.

Culture Shock.





Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Yes, Virginia...

(tt) We went for a brekky and a wander and of course so many cross streets are virgin territory for us. Well, we stumbled on virginia territory   ...the former home of Virginia O'Hanlon who at the end of the 19th century asked the now famous question.."Is there a Santa Claus?" Her father sent the query to the NY Sun newspaper and it was famously answered in an editorial.
Here is the plaque to her memory on W95th


Here's little V basking in her notoriety
 and Frank Church, the editor who created the reply

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