How Race Street got its name…

As always, click the pictures for full size when available So the question was "How did Race Street in Old Salem get its name?" Race Street is one of our shortest, stretching barely one short block. The answer to the question is simple, but not as short as Race Street itself. For tens of thousands…

21st NC, our hometown regiment…

The 21st North Carolina Infantry, with a strong contingent of young men from Winston, Salem, Forsyth County and nearby areas, fought in every major battle of the Army of Northern Virginia except for the 1864 Overland Campaign, from Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign to Appomattox in 1865, when what was left of them, 67 of…