by Myra | Aug 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • The most recent edition of Our State magazine has a story, “The Mystery of Badin Lake,” about 2nd Lt. Charles McDaniel, USMC, and how his wife Mary and others looked skyward in 1944 as he...
by Myra | Aug 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • For the past several years I’ve peripherally participated in North Carolina’s annual Middle School Battle of the Books. As a result, I’m exposed to and read 25-27 young adult-themed books per annum. I’m here to tell you that, amidst the dross in this...
by Myra | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
From a press release • “North Carolina in the Great War,” a traveling exhibit about World War I, is on display at Town Creek Indian Mound through Aug. 12. “It’s an excellent opportunity to learn more about the war, and North Carolina’s role in it, for folks who might...
by Myra | Jul 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • If “octo” means “eight” in Latin and “dece” means “ten” … then why is August the eighth month of the year and October the tenth month of the year? Some say that the original Roman calendar...
