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This is the fourth and final post in a four-part series that will examine different African American aspects of life in Forsyth County, NC during the same time span of the book, The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. The time span of the book is from 1905-1948, which these posts will… Continue reading OTSP: The Bethels and the Case of the Hotel Bethel
This is the third post in a four-part series that will examine different African American aspects of life in Forsyth County, NC during the same time span as the book, The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. The time span of the book is from 1905-1948, which these posts will roughly follow.… Continue reading OTSP: The Horton Branch continued with Nell Wright
Nothing screams Halloween like an abandoned/overgrown cemetery. Winston-Salem is home to quite a few of these and they come in all shapes and sizes. When I started this blog post I thought I would write a little about all the small lesser-known burial grounds in Forsyth County. Then I thought, okay just Winston-Salem. Now it's… Continue reading Forgotten Cemeteries
This is the first post in a four-part series that will examine different African American aspects of life in Forsyth County, NC during the same time span as the book, The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. The time span of the book is from 1905-1948, which these posts will roughly follow.… Continue reading OTSP: Early Black reporters in Winston-Salem
It is the holiday season and I have been busy making Moravian stars for the North Carolina Collection. They are all around us here in Winston-Salem, with one of the largest shining each night from the top of Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. Since I know very little about them, I decided to do a little… Continue reading Shining Stars
Recently, we received an email from a scout in Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America), Sarina Horner. She belongs to Troop 729, an all female troop of the Scouts BSA. She had decided to make a fun geocaching experience for those wanting to learn more about downtown Winston-Salem, its history, and the Scouts BSA.… Continue reading Geocaching for Winston-Salem’s Downtown
As always, most of the images in this post can be seen at full size by clicking on the picture. This 2007 segment of Our State on UNC-G TV serves as a perfect introduction to the saga of Joe King and Earline Heath and a cast of thousands spanning almost a hundred years. Earline was… Continue reading Joe King et.al. & the Sultan of Kuwait…and a lot more…
Click on images for full size On this Memorial Day, we honor the dead of all the American wars. But some wars receive a lot more attention than others…especially, it seems, in our fair Twin City. This is the story of a forgotten local soldier of a forgotten war. If you go down to the… Continue reading Forgotten war, forgotten soldier…
(As always, many of the pictures in this post can be enlarged by clicking on them. Some rare ones cannot. Give it a try.) Listen as Maria Cole sings "So Help Me" from her 1954 album "Maria Cole", created in colaboration with Billy Vaughn. The images are from this blog post. As often, whilst… Continue reading Lollipoop II…a saga…
It must be animal week…Monday was spiders…today it is Monkees tearing up the Triad. Everybody knows who the Monkees were…a made for TV pop group who did covers of other people's songs and were suspected of not being able to play their instruments…but enormously popular with the teenyboppers. The Monkees were not very happy with… Continue reading Monkee shines in the Triad…
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