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The journalist and author was born in Rensselaer, Indiana during the U.S. Civil War. Although the residents living in the central and southern areas of the state had relatives in the South, Indiana did not secede from the Union. Indiana contributed approximately 210,000 soldiers plus millions of dollars of equipment and supplies to the Northern cause. Eleanor was fascinated by the life of President Abraham Lincoln. Eleanor's 'The Boyhood of Lincoln' appeared in the bookshops in 1908 while ‘Lincoln’s Love Story’ was published the following year. Added on Monday 30 January 2012. Bobby's Memorial, January 2012...
more...Added on Wednesday 25 January 2012. Famous Dog Talk...
more...Added on Monday 23 January 2012. Thursday...
more...Added on Monday 16 January 2012. Sunday 14th January...
more...Added on Monday 09 January 2012. Although Edinburgh's shops remained closed...
more...Added on Sunday 01 January 2012. Angels from the Realms of Glory...
more...Added on Monday 19 December 2011. Sarah Boyack MSP...
more...Added on Tuesday 13 December 2011. Edinburgh World Heritage...
more...Added on Wednesday 07 December 2011. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery...
more...Added on Monday 28 November 2011. Smith’s Land disaster...
more...Added on Sunday 20 November 2011. Sam Bough...
more...Added on Wednesday 16 November 2011. Gate connecting Heriot’s School...
more...Added on Monday 07 November 2011. Friday 4th November...
more...Added on Tuesday 01 November 2011. Sunday 29th October...
more...Added on Sunday 23 October 2011. Maria Furbelli flew over...
more...Added on Tuesday 18 October 2011. Acclaimed as the father of modern physics...
more...Added on Sunday 09 October 2011. Bombardier Allison Jones...
more...Added on Monday 03 October 2011. Doors Open Day...
more...Added on Monday 26 September 2011. Open to the public...
more...Added on Sunday 18 September 2011. Friday marks the anniversary...
more...Added on Tuesday 13 September 2011. John Foord...
more...Added on Sunday 04 September 2011. Saturday 3rd September...
more...Added on Tuesday 30 August 2011. Visitors to Edinburgh...
more...Added on Sunday 21 August 2011. Floral Clock Day went well...
more...Added on Monday 15 August 2011. Floral Clock Day...
more...Added on Saturday 06 August 2011. Floral Clock...
more...Added on Monday 01 August 2011. The refurbished National Museum...
more...Added on Monday 25 July 2011. Friday 22nd July...
more...Added on Sunday 17 July 2011. Nearly finished...
more...Added on Monday 11 July 2011. Thursday marks the anniversary...
more...Added on Wednesday 06 July 2011. David Dorward laying out the Floral Clock...
more...Added on Tuesday 28 June 2011. It’s worth checking out...
more...Added on Monday 20 June 2011. The re-enactment...
more...Added on Tuesday 14 June 2011. This Saturday will be a big day...
more...Added on Sunday 05 June 2011. The re-enactment...
more...Added on Tuesday 31 May 2011. Wednesday 25th May...
more...Added on Tuesday 24 May 2011. The Great McGonagall...
more...Added on Wednesday 18 May 2011. The two ceremonies...
more...Added on Tuesday 10 May 2011. Work now in progress around Bobby’s drinking fountain...
more...Added on Monday 02 May 2011. Being widened...
more...Added on Monday 25 April 2011. Dodger who appeared as Greyfriars Bobby’s grandad...
more...Added on Saturday 16 April 2011. Greyfriars Bobby appears in the latest film...
more...Added on Tuesday 12 April 2011. The U.K.’s first local studies centre...
more...Added on Sunday 03 April 2011. The ‘Legend of Greyfriars Bobby’...
more...Added on Monday 28 March 2011. Wednesday marks the death of Duncan Macrae...
more...Added on Sunday 20 March 2011. Baroness Burdett-Coutts...
more...Added on Monday 14 March 2011. Queen Victoria’s dogs...
more...Added on Monday 07 March 2011. Ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary...
more...Added on Monday 28 February 2011. Thursday 24th February...
more...Added on Monday 21 February 2011. Thursday 17th February marks the anniversary...
more...Added on Tuesday 15 February 2011. The Story Teller...
more...Added on Monday 07 February 2011. The Shining Lights' exhibition...
more...Added on Tuesday 01 February 2011. Isobel Skeldon dressed with Sarah Anderson...
more...Added on Monday 24 January 2011. Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Day...
more...Added on Wednesday 19 January 2011. One of the field guns...
more...Added on Wednesday 12 January 2011. Greyfriars Bobby Day...
more...Added on Tuesday 04 January 2011. Thursday, 30th December...
more...Added on Tuesday 28 December 2010. The cadets from George Heriot’s School...
more...Added on Tuesday 21 December 2010. During the 19th century...
more...Added on Tuesday 14 December 2010. The Lord Provost ...
more...Added on Monday 06 December 2010. The snow has arrived...
more...Added on Monday 29 November 2010. Peter Cowan and Meg with the Tollcross Mad Hatter...
more...Added on Tuesday 23 November 2010. Bum's Ceremony...
more...Added on Friday 12 November 2010. The ceremony to mark the death of Bum...
more...Added on Friday 05 November 2010. Lapo who lives in Italy...
more...Added on Monday 01 November 2010. Anniversary of the death of Fiddy...
more...Added on Sunday 24 October 2010. The Lord Provost...
more...Added on Monday 18 October 2010. Isobel Skeldon...
more...Added on Monday 11 October 2010. Routine inspection of Mons Meg...
more...Added on Tuesday 05 October 2010. Monty the Labrador passed away...
more...Added on Wednesday 29 September 2010. Winners...
more...Added on Monday 27 September 2010. Colonel Huthwaite...
more...Added on Monday 27 September 2010. Historic Scotland has given permission...
more...Added on Monday 20 September 2010. Thursday 16th September marks the anniversary...
more...Added on Monday 13 September 2010. This week's photograph shows...
more...Added on Tuesday 07 September 2010. The One o’ Clock Gun Banger...
more...Added on Tuesday 31 August 2010. The Mad Hatter is continuing to turn up...
more...Added on Wednesday 25 August 2010. While Greyfriars Bobby's being photographed...
more...Added on Monday 16 August 2010. The Edinburgh Festival is now under way...
more...Added on Monday 09 August 2010. Friday 6th August...
more...Added on Tuesday 03 August 2010. ‘Greyfriars Bobby A Tale of Victorian Edinburgh’...
more...Added on Monday 26 July 2010. Last week we suggested ...
more...Added on Thursday 22 July 2010. This week’s photo shows...
more...Added on Monday 12 July 2010. Greyfriars Bobby fans must have been disappointed...
more...Added on Monday 05 July 2010. Mad Hatter having a cup of tea...
more...Added on Monday 28 June 2010. The first entries...
more...Added on Monday 21 June 2010. Two royal salutes...
more...Added on Tuesday 15 June 2010. Despite the drizzle.......
more...Added on Wednesday 09 June 2010. The unveiling of the plaque...
more...Added on Monday 31 May 2010. The General Assembly...
more...Added on Monday 24 May 2010. Assembly Hall...
more...Added on Monday 17 May 2010. Welcome the 3rd Rifles back...
more...Added on Monday 10 May 2010. Death of Beauty...
more...Added on Wednesday 05 May 2010. Greyfriars Bobby’ exhibition was opened...
more...Added on Wednesday 28 April 2010. Skye is back...
more...Added on Monday 19 April 2010. Tourists from all over the world...
more...Added on Monday 12 April 2010. The queues for tickets...
more...Added on Monday 05 April 2010. Thanks to the good weather...
more...Added on Monday 29 March 2010. The Greyfriars Bobby exhibition...
more...Added on Monday 22 March 2010. Six Brunton Place, Edinburgh...
more...Added on Monday 15 March 2010. The Seaforth Highlanders...
more...Added on Monday 08 March 2010. Robert Louis Stevenson’s...
more...Added on Monday 01 March 2010. Rob Bolton and Les Howie’s...
more...Added on Monday 22 February 2010. The photograph shows the Hotel Missoni...
more...Added on Sunday 14 February 2010. Edinburgh Rock...
more...Added on Saturday 06 February 2010. A ceremonial salute...
more...Added on Sunday 31 January 2010. Sunday 31st January...
more...Added on Tuesday 26 January 2010. Despite the freezing weather...
more...Added on Monday 18 January 2010. Friday 15th January...
more...Added on Tuesday 12 January 2010. As expected,...
more...Added on Monday 04 January 2010. Thousands of visitors will...
more...Added on Thursday 31 December 2009. Winter Wonderland Ice Rink...
more...Added on Saturday 19 December 2009. A marquee containing stalls...
more...Added on Monday 14 December 2009. Ceremony to commemorate the death of Greyfriars Bobby...
more...Added on Monday 07 December 2009. Edinburgh’s new tram...
more...Added on Tuesday 01 December 2009. Smith’s Land tenement disaster...
more...Added on Sunday 22 November 2009. The Clockie Ritchie exhibition...
more...Added on Monday 16 November 2009. Mons Meg is presently under repair...
more...Added on Sunday 08 November 2009. Blackfriars Bobby...
more...Added on Monday 02 November 2009. Battlefield tour guide Norry Hughes...
more...Added on Monday 26 October 2009. The opening of the ‘James Ritchie & Son 1809-2009’ exhibition...
more...Added on Monday 19 October 2009. The ‘James Ritchie & Son...
more...Added on Sunday 11 October 2009. World Animal Day Walk...
more...Added on Monday 05 October 2009. Just a few days to go...
more...Added on Monday 28 September 2009. Only two weeks to go...
more...Added on Monday 21 September 2009. The media campaign...
more...Added on Monday 14 September 2009. We’ve received good wishes...
more...Added on Monday 07 September 2009. World Animal Day...
more...Added on Monday 31 August 2009. We’ve received the green light ...
more...Added on Monday 24 August 2009. Original Export...
more...Added on Monday 17 August 2009. The Edinburgh International Festival...
more...Added on Monday 10 August 2009. Greyfriars Bobby exhibition...
more...Added on Tuesday 04 August 2009. The shop at 6 Greyfriars Place...
more...Added on Sunday 26 July 2009. Scotland’s event of the year...
more...Added on Sunday 19 July 2009. Chief Master Gunner Findlay...
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2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Eleanor Atkinson’s novel’ Greyfriars Bobby’.
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A talk on Bamse the famous sea dog will be given by Andrew Orr and Angus Whitson the authors of ‘Heroic Sea Dog Bamse' on Monday 6th February.
Thursday marks the anniversary of the disastrous fire which broke in Greyfriars when a boiler flue overheated on 19th January 1845.
Sunday 14th January marks the death of Greyfriars Bobby.
Sarah Boyack MSP will present the winners of the One o’Clock Gun Children’s Painting Competition with their book tokens and certificates of merit at the One o’ Clock Gun Exhibition, Mills Mount Battery, Edinburgh Castle on Friday.
Edinburgh World Heritage is now based at Acheson House in the Canongate.
Thursday 24th November marks the 150th anniversary of the Smith’s Land disaster.
Saturday 19th November marks the anniversary of the death of the landscape artist Sam Bough.
This week’s photograph taken by Maria Furbelli shows the gate connecting Heriot’s School with Greyfriars burial ground.
Maria Furbelli flew over from Italy last week to photograph the various places connected with Greyfriars Bobby as she’s written a book in Italian on Greyfriars Bobby the world famous dog.
Bombardier Allison Jones is back firing the One o’ Clock Gun bang on time on Mondays at Edinburgh Castle.
The Royal Observatory Edinburgh is open to the public on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September.
September’s edition of the Greyfriars Bobby Magazine features the story of John Foord the shepherd and his sheepdog who froze to death during a snowstorm in 1795.
Saturday 3rd September marks the anniversary of the first firing of the Dundee One o’ Clock Gun.
Visitors to Edinburgh should keep an eye out for Skye who sits at the window of Thomson’s Court sheltered housing complex in the Grassmarket.
Retired Master Wood Carver George Robertson and his wife Mary were the special guests at the event which was also attended by the Lord and Lady Provost.
Floral Clock Day takes place on Tuesday 9th August.
This week’s photograph shows the Mad Hatter at the Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh The One o’Clock Gun & Time Ball Association will be holding a ceremony at the clock on Tuesday 9th August at one o’ clock.
The refurbished National Museum of Scotland opens on Friday 29 July.
Friday 22nd July marks the anniversary of the death of Bamse who died on the dockside at Montrose, Scotland during the Second World War.
The pavement on George IV Bridge leading past the Central Library to Greyfriars Bobby’s drinking fountain is nearly finished.
Thursday marks the anniversary of the death of Arthur Conan Doyle who was born in Edinburgh. As the creator of Sherlock Holmes was born in 1859, the year after Bobby appeared in Greyfriars burial ground he may have seen the little dog as the family lived at 3 Sciennes Hill Place, Newington on the south side of the town not far from the church.
This week’s photograph shows David Dorward of the Edinburgh City Parks Department laying out the Floral Clock.
It’s worth checking out the ‘Scottish Art 1650-2010’ exhibition which is presently running at the Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh.
The re-enactment on the Half Moon Battery, Edinburgh Castle to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the One o’ Clock Gun went with a bang despite the wet weather.
Wednesday 25th May marks the anniversary of the death of Donald Crisp.
The Great McGonagall lies in Greyfriars burial ground www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk.
The two ceremonies to mark the 100th anniversary of the tragic death of the Great Lafayette and his dog Beauty at Piershill Cemetery, Edinburgh went well.
This week’s photograph taken by David Rintoul, shows the work now in progress around Bobby’s drinking fountain.
Not only is the pavement along George IV Bridge being widened, the paving stones around Bobby's drinking fountain are being re-laid.
This week’s photo shows Dodger who appeared as Greyfriars Bobby’s grandad in ‘Burke and Hare’. 
Played by Dodger, Greyfriars Bobby appears in the latest film on Burke and Hare.
The U.K.’s first local studies centre, the Edinburgh Room has now moved down to the Scottish Department at the Central Library, George IV Bridge.
The ‘Legend of Greyfriars Bobby’ was well received by the teachers and pupils of North Berwick School last Wednesday.
Wednesday marks the death of Duncan Macrae who appeared as Police Sergeant Davie Maclean in Walt Disney’s ‘Greyfriars Bobby’.
Baroness Burdett-Coutts who donated the money for Greyfriars Bobby’s drinking fountain received the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh at the Assembly Rooms in 1874.
The current edition of the Greyfriars Bobby magazine contains an article on Queen Victoria’s dogs by canine historian Brian Beacock.
We’ve just heard from David Duff of Abercorn Choices Funeral Services, Piershill, Edinburgh that the ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Beauty will take place on 4th May.
Thursday 24th February marks the anniversary of the arrival of the 78th Highlanders in Edinburgh in 1860.
Thursday 17th February marks the anniversary of the death of John Mcleod the Edinburgh artist who painted Greyfriars Bobby.
‘The Legend of Greyfriars Bobby’ presented by Isobel Skeldon was well received by the pupils of George Heriot’s School last Wednesday.
This week’s photograph taken by John Lovie shows Isobel Skeldon dressed as Mrs Mary Brown with Sarah Anderson from North Berwick who helped Bombardier Blue to lay the wreath on the world famous dog's grave on 14th January.
Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Day went like clockwork, thanks to the ground plan prepared by 105th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers).
One of the field guns belonging to 105th Regiment, Royal Artillery (Volunteers) will be towed down from R.A.headquarters at Colinton for Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Day and George Heriot's cadet force will mount an honour guard.
Greyfriars Bobby Day takes place on Friday, 14th January. It’s reckoned that over 220,000 tourists visit the world famous dog’s statue and headstone every year.
Thursday, 30th December marks the anniversary of the death of Alexander Mackenzie.
The cadets from George Heriot’s School will be attending the Greyfriars Bobby Memorial Day ceremony on January 14th.
During the 19th century, Wombwell’s Travelling Menageries travelled all over Britain.
The Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh will be attending the annual Greyfriars Bobby memorial ceremony on January 14th.
The snow has arrived in Edinburgh just in time for the capital's St Andrew's Day celebrations on Tuesday.
This week’s photograph shows Peter Cowan and Meg with the Tollcross Mad Hatter.
The ceremony at Bum the San Diego dog’s statue in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh took place in brilliant sunshine.
Princes Street gardens
The ceremony to mark the death of Bum the San Diego dog takes place this Wednesday 10th November.
This week’s photograph show Lapo who lives with Maria Rosa Furbelli.
Friday 29th October marks the anniversary of the death of Fiddy.
The Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh will be attending the ceremony for Bum on 10th November.
Isobel Skeldon One o’ Clock Gun & Time Ball Association member travelled up from North Berwick, East Lothian to tell the children of Primary 3, Royal Mile School, Edinburgh the story of Greyfriars Bobby.
This week’s photograph shows Blue Lovie the One o' Clock Gun & Time Ball Association’s mascot carrying out his routine inspection of Mons Meg.
Monty the Labrador passed away this week. A well known character in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Monty could be seen soaking up the sun outside Copymade in West Maitland Street during the summer months.
Winners Greyfriars Bobby Childrens Painting Competition (Organised by the 1 o'Clock Gun & Timeball Association)
Colonel Huthwaite the commanding officer of 105th Regt. R.A. (V.) will present the winners of the Greyfriars Bobby Childrens Painting Competition with their prizes at Edinburgh Castle on 4th October. 105th Regiment is responsible for maintaining and supplying gunners for the One o’ Clock Gun.
Historic Scotland has given permission for the presentation of prizes for the Greyfriars Bobby Childrens Painting Competition to be held at Edinburgh Castle on October 4th.
Thursday 16th September marks the anniversary of the death of John Traill’s great grandson.
Friday 6th August marks the anniversary of the death of Catherine Sinclair.
‘Greyfriars Bobby A Tale of Victorian Edinburgh’ by Frances and Gordon Jarvie is well worth getting.
This week’s photo shows the Mad Hatter at the Floral Clock waiting for the capital's cuckoo to pop out his bird box.
Greyfriars Bobby fans must have been disappointed when Oliver Golding got knocked out of the Wimbledon junior semi-finals last week.
This week’s photograph shows the Mad Hatter having a cup of tea next to Greyfriars Bobby’s drinking fountain.
The first entries for the Greyfriars Bobby Children’s Painting Competition have arrived at the Central Children's Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh from the pupils of Strathblane Primary and from Cleland Library, Motherwell.
Rob Bolton and Les Howie’s new book ‘Wilder than Panthers and as ignorant as the Heathens’ tells the story of the juvenile organisations which led to the formation of the Boys’ Brigade.
The photograph shows the Hotel Missoni, George IV Bridge mentioned in last week’s blog. A plaque on the wall states that the building stands on the spot formerly known as Melbourne Place.
as one of the wheels has been damaged due to the weight of the massive barrel and carriage.
The opening of the ‘James Ritchie & Son 1809-2009’ exhibition went very well.
... where Bobby was fed has been acquired by a fast food company.
Scotland’s event of the year the Gathering which is to be opened by H.R.H. Prince Charles takes place this weekend at the Queen’s Park, Edinburgh.
Saturday 18th July marks the anniversary of the death of Chief Master Gunner Findlay. The gunner was part of the team formed to set up the One o’clock Gun.
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