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Home / Millie’s Basement, by Diane Findlay

Millie’s Basement, by Diane Findlay

Based on photos submitted by Terri Rene DaVar in April 2023

In the 1970s and ‘80s, the lower level of Mildred & George Sullivan’s house in Des Moines was an unofficial Baha’i Center for the community, as evidenced by the photos below. The woman singing with Curtis is Edith Stanton. My husband Bob and I remember attending some Feasts there, ourselves. Who else remembers gatherings there? Who can send in more photos?

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