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Easter Memories images
Easter is remembered in an array of colors, from new purple dresses, yellow bonnets and black patent-leather shoes to multicolored eggs hidden in tufts of green grass and fragrant white lilies surrounding the Sunday church altar.
first appeared: 4/1/2007
Montel Williams is Driven to Succeed images   by Beverly Keel
Growing up in Baltimore, Montel Williams didn't think there was anything unusual about his dad's multiple occupations.
first appeared: 9/24/2006
Like Mother Like Daughter
When American Profile asked readers to send us photographs of look-alike mothers and daughters, along with a brief description of how these uncanny resemblances influence their lives, we received hundreds of submissions detailing this unique family bond.
first appeared: 5/7/2006
Why Grandparents Are Grand
Readers explain why their grandparents are great
first appeared: 8/28/2005
Real-Life Romance   by Paulette Cohn
Best-selling novelist Nora Roberts was only 21 when she fell in love at first sight. Although she became internationally known as a romance writer, this love affair was for a place—not a man.
first appeared: 3/27/2005
The Quilt Bus   by Marti Attoun
“We’re so excited in there we can’t stand it,” squeals Carol Dingman as she steps into the bus. Her eyes widen as she tries to see it all—a crammed, top-to-bottom complete fabric store on wheels.
first appeared: 3/21/2004
Billy Gilman: Heart Songs   by Marti Attoun
Singer Billy Gilman & poet Mattie Stepanek celebrate a partnership of the heart
first appeared: 6/29/2003
Four Part Harmony   by Michael Nolan
Your vision of a barbershop quartet may be four dapper gents wearing striped vests, armbands, and straw hats, but barbershop singers today are just as likely to be female, dressed in tuxedoes, or crooning the hits of the Beatles.
first appeared: 1/19/2003
The Sailing of the Sultana   by Tracy Leinberger-Leonardi
One man's dream becomes the mission of an entire town
first appeared: 5/12/2002
Freedom's Flag   by Peter Fossel
Freedom. It started so small. So small, in fact, that we can't be sure where it started at all.
first appeared: 10/14/2001
Our Veterans   by Peter Fossel
Behind the Faces Another Battle Is Finally Being Won.
first appeared: 11/5/2000

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