Memorial Day Started Out As Decoration Day During the latter part of the 1860s various towns all over the country began holding tributes during the…
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The Party This is a story about how an innocent, naïve, young man can be trapped by a woman. Sadly enough, the story is true.…
I don’t much like snakes, but if they are harmless I don’t worry much. My wife, Carolyn, was terrified of snakes. Any snake. And I…
Henry Knox was the seventh child in a family of ten children. His father was having financial difficulties when he died at the age of…
In 1968, the Town of Cary population was about 7,000. In 2022, the population is very close to 180,000. Cary is now the seventh-largest city…
Nathanael Greene was one of the most skilled generals of the American Revolution. General George Washington held Major General Nathanael Greene in such high…
Why Aaron Burr history? Why is Aaron Burr interesting? Well, Burr killed a previous Treasury Secretary in a duel when he was the sitting Vice…
Robert Fulton is sometimes called the inventor of the steamboat, but he didn’t really invent the steamboat. That attempt had been going on for a…
Who was John Marshall? Chief Justice John Marshall presided from 1801 until 1835, over 34 years. Marshall died while in office at the age 79.…
This little story happened during the summer of 1964. This was a situation that turned into a one-day vacation for my young family. How It…