Celebrating Memorial Day 2021
Memorial Day was first called Decoration Day and was celebrated by laying flowers on the graves of fallen soldiers after the Civil War.
Tag: Civil War
Historic Stagville, Civil War History
Historic Stagville sits outside of Durham, North Carolina. I toured this fascinating site with Rose Hammitt while in Chapel Hill for the North…
Soldiers At The Doorstep, a story of life behind enemy lines in Tidewater Virginia during the Civil War.
After visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum this past week with my grandchildren and witnessing again the tally of soldiers wounded in the…
The Jefferson Davis capture sight
The stories abound about the capture of the President of the Confederate States of America. I have always been a bit fascinated by…
The Craven House on Lookout Mountain
While it is easy to see how lives changed for people during the Civil War, I think when learning the stories of individuals…