Making and sharing May Baskets was an annual tradition for family and friends.聽The baskets are so easy to make and are wonderful surprise gifts for Mother鈥檚 Day 鈥 or any day.

The term 鈥渟hrinking violet鈥 was first applied to violets (Viola sororia) in the early 1800s in reference to the flower鈥檚 size. The charming white, blue, or purple flowers are small, but they鈥檙e so abundant in Illinois that it was adopted as the state flower in 1908.聽

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"Until the railroad is held accountable 鈥 it's all of them; it's not just Norfolk Southern 鈥 but until our Congress requires that they do additional safety features on these railroads, we're going to continue to have these problems," Attorney Mark Bryant said. The Bryant Law Center is part of a team of law firms that filed suit in the Norfolk Southern derailment.聽