What makes a historical election?
With the coming election, there is the key question that many of us have to come to terms with; is this an historic election?Let’s face it, every election is touted as historic. And why not?It...
View ArticleElection editorial
Well it's been a week after the election is over. And let's face it, it's just like Christmas. You spend about a better part of a year; waiting, watching, anticipating, and doing things...
View ArticleEditorial on secession
In a recent article in the CBC, there was a brief, but thorough look into the rising current of petitions and groups being formed to attempt and reignite the process of seceding from the Union, given...
View ArticleLindsay Stone and the lack reverence
As the incident sparked by Lindsay Stone's actions by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has raised a whirlwind of anger and fury to Ms. Stone and her supervisor, and now that the two have been relieved...
View ArticleFlying for the corps (Video)
The Havelock Tourist and Event Center, located in the aptly named town of Havelock, NC, is solely dedicated to the memory and history of the aviation history of the Marine Corp.Among the displays of...
View ArticleReplacing the anthem, and our heritage.
In an opinion piece from the Washington Post titled, "O say can you see that we need a new anthem?", its objective was to push the idea that the national anthem should be replaced with a more, dare...
View ArticleNew beginnings, or recycled ends
In the break room of my current employment, I found two covers of the news magazine 'Time' resting on one of the tables.One had a cover dealing with an article about the issue of abortion and the...
View ArticleRiddick house demolition
With the news of the demolition of the Riddick Field House at NCSU, I am reminded of something Alan Moore said in an interview several years ago.In this interview, which was a series of several back...
View Article“A rose by any other name”: the story of Wake Co’s name
There are many stories in the city of Raleigh that we have not come to realize exist, either through a general lack of interest, or by some other form of fortune, or lack thereof.One such story is...
View ArticleHarriet Lane, nurse on call in Raleigh
In an age where we have come to expect quick and efficient access to medical facilities and professionals, it must be remembered that in less than five generations preceding us, this was a luxury that...
View ArticleBummers in Raleigh
With the coming of the anniversary of the final and somewhat forgotten leg of Sherman’s March from Atlanta, it is important to see that the county of Wake saw a fair amount of the traits that came to...
View ArticleRemoval of Confederate battle flag from the capital
This previous week there was an article from the News and Observer regarding the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the historic state capital in Raleigh, due to pressure from the NC chapter...
View ArticleHistoric Preservation - I
The process of historic preservation in the United States is something with which necessitates the involvement of the populace. Much of the efforts to protect historic elements of America history has...
View ArticleReview of "World War I: A Lost Generation"
For this week I will be reviewing the Documentary World War I: A Lost Generation, which was produced by Dan Dalton Productions for their American Heritage Series. In the name of objectivity, I will...
View ArticlePhotos to find peace
In a recent article published by the University of Illinois, the subject of the work revolved the use of war photographs during the American Civil War, and how they were used to help families find...
View ArticleReturn of the Populist movement
With the gradual rise of strikers and workers from the fast food industry demanding more pay, one cannot avoid the thought of the first movement of this magnitude; the Populist movement and the...
View ArticleWilmington Race Riot: Introduction
It is an amazing tragedy of history that such tremendous events can be all but forgotten by those affected the most.In North Carolina there is one such event that decided not only the fate of the...
View ArticleWilmington Race Riot: Fall of Ft. Fisher
The beauty of history is that there is no singular point to begin a story, unless you begin at the Big Bang, but no human yet has been able to write a tome that covers all events and aspects of...
View ArticleWilmington Race Riot: At War's End-I
Once the fort and the city had fallen, the Union infantry corps left to link up with Gen. William T. Sherman’s army where both forces would hunt and force capitulation of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s...
View ArticleWilmington Race Riot: At War's End-II
The period of Reconstruction, which lasted from 1865 to 1872, was more or less a struggle between what direction the American nation would take following the war.This was especially true for the...
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