We all heard the stories of Jim Thorpe – the world’s greatest athlete – while we were growing up. The newspapers & movies regularly carried stories about him and he was even featured on a box of Wheaties. (photo – NC Museum of History). He loved to compete. He enjoyed the battle... (Read More)
There are a lot of anniversaries in May. In May 1863 the government organized the Freedman’s Village on the grounds of General Robert E. Lee’s home in Arlington, Virginia. It had “fourteen dwellings, and a church a hospital and a home of the aged and infirm, with streets regularly laid out and named, and... (Read More)
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