The Daughter of Two American Revolutions

Old North Church, Boston, where Captain John Pulling Jr. was a vestryman.

Disclaimer: I’m not one of those DAR go-to-meetings-and salute-the-flag-bluestockings, (as hard as my father tried.) I don’t require snotty social sanctioning of my pedigree. I am every bit as much a Daughter of the American Revolution as anyone drinking tea in Boston’s Back Bay.

Now that we’ve established that, here’s a brief rundown on the fellow who gives me that distinction.

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Kathy Copeland Padden

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is a political junkie and history buff alternating between bouts of crankiness and wry amusement while bearing witness to the Apocalypse. Come along!

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