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Hiding From History
In January 1970, a man named Ralph Pipes wrote a four-page letter to his cousin Charles Pipes. He certainly could not have known on that day, when he put pen…
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Pieces of Eight
Between 1818 and 1836, Congress passed a series of laws providing pensions to soldiers of the Revolutionary War, many of whom were in poor health and destitute. These veterans had…
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A Lifetime Under the Hood
Our ancestor Larry Pipes was a professional drag racer, holding two world records in the early 1970s. But his love affair with cars started much earlier. Larry was born in…
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An Artistic Eye
Our ancestor Elaine Burmeister was not only a homemaker who loved to travel, she was also an accomplished oil painter. But her creativity drove her to explore other media as…
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Veteran of the Revolution
Our ancestor John Pipes Jr. was born in 1739 in Rockaway, New Jersey, approximately 40 miles west of New York. His father, John Pipes Sr., and mother Susan Hathaway, moved…