Last Confederate Victory in NC

Last Confederate Victory in NC

I was asked by Ray Barber if I would like to go up and see Fort York. My immediate answer was, “Yes. When?” Barber is a native of New York who was drawn to Salisbury because of his interest in local history, military history and Civil War history. He  works countless...
Gibraltar of the South

Gibraltar of the South

Driving around the hallowed grounds at Vicksburg National Military Park in the state of Mississippi reminded National Parks traveler Mikah Meyer of another famous battlefield: Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the...
Educational Sabotage

Educational Sabotage

Nationally, black junior high and high school students are suspended at a rate more than three times as often as their white peers, twice as often as their Latino peers and more than 10 times as often as their Asian peers. According to former Department of Education...