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Monthly Archives: July 2017

A Royal Wartime Romance

2023-08-19T13:15:45-05:00

July 7, 2017 Hennepin County's famous Aquatennial has been part of the Minneapolis summer since 1940. So, too, have been its royalty, including the festival's Queen of the Lakes. Young single women representing cities and companies across the state gather in [...]

A Royal Wartime Romance2023-08-19T13:15:45-05:00

Uptown Girl

2023-08-19T13:08:53-05:00

July 1, 2017 In the summer of 1955, the life of a "summertime shop girl from Uptown" was changed forever. Judy Penney, a 19-year old language student at the University of Minnesota and a retail clerk at the Purple Door gift [...]

Uptown Girl2023-08-19T13:08:53-05:00

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