The Van Buren Sisters Legacy

I write this in the final hours of 2015, which means that the centennial year begins in less than 9 hours. There is so much for which I am grateful - deep connections with family, meeting new extended family members, and the introduction of Alisa Clickenger into my life with all the wonderful energy she is bringing to put together an amazing centennial ride to commemorate what my grandmother and her sister did 100 years ago. The seeds were sown before - the sisters applied to

Happy Holidays, everyone. Here is a picture I made from one in Adeline's scrapbook - it was taken in San Diego in 1916, I thought about what she would say - "Happy Holidays", or "Merry Christmas", and decided upon the latter. She was a Merry Christmas kind of gal. Sofié and Skyler were here for a visit, and we arranged for Sofié to come back to the States in February for motorcycle training in Florida. Really looking forward to it! We may sneak in a visit to Harry Potter

Here is the rest of the "about" story My name is Dan Ruderman and I grew up with the stories of my Grandmother’s many daring adventures. Addie grew up in New York with her sister, Augusta, and their brother Albert. They were socially active, good students, and very physically active. They skated, swam, played tennis and rode horses as well as motorcycles. Both sisters were pilots, and Gussie later became a member of The 99's. Somewhere in a family photography album, I ha