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...homeowners were going to leave but canceled when the rush of tourists kept property values from plummeting. Everyone hopes to cash in this summer when an army of tourists - officials say it may exceed 3 million - marches in. Welby Spainhower of Ridgefield has a trailer-housed store with a view of the mountain and a stock that includes ballpoint pens filled with ash, 48 types of T shirts, and a record titled Ashfall. Clara Ottosen of Silverlake has converted a barn into a museum filled with Helenic artifacts, including the burned-out Volvo in which National Geographic Photographer Reid Blackburn...
...first things I did upon arriving in Cambridge in 1926 was to go swimming in the nude in Boston Harbor. For a country boy (there were 24 in Ridgefield, Conn. high school graduating class), this was a novel experience. It was a big public beach, the name of which I do not remember, and it was crowded with males of all ages and descriptions. The more modest ones wore a tiny jock strap which they got with their tickets, but most were not modest...
...never used to go on these, until a very pretty woman told me what fun my husband was on these re-enactments." True to historical accuracy, Mrs. Daigle became a camp follower, cooking, washing clothes and keeping the tent clean. She has marched with her husband to Bennington, Vt., Ridgefield, Conn., and Short Hills, N.J., and has become an enthusiast. "When we camp in the forts," she explains, "you can almost sense how it was. The walls have vibes...
Marianne Morganti Ridgefield, Conn...
...Ridgefield, Conn...