Norfolk Then . . . (Feb. 2016)
Here’s a dilemma those born in a leap year might relate to: what do you do when your 21st birthday is not on the calendar? George Washington faced just this conundrum in 1752. He had been born on February 11, 1731. When England and its colonies switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in […]
Obituary—Marion Ann Donovan
Marion Ann Donovan, a career foreign service officer and world traveler, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, December 22, 2015. She was 95 years old. Marion Donovan was born on October 13, 1920, and grew up in Brooklyn, where she played the violin and piano and read voraciously. Her love of travel began early, […]
