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Tag Archives: Civil War
New column: “A Confederate flag story, a story I’m embarrassed to tell”
This week in my column in The Greenville News, I wrote about something I did as a 13 year-old: something that has haunted me ever since. It involves race, friendship, history, a letter to the editor, and the Confederate flag. … Continue reading
New column: “8 Christmas stories, courtesy of history”
My column this week in The Greenville News is a nod to Christmas history. So many wonderful things have happened over the years at Christmas time; here are eight of my favorites. To read, click here.
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Tagged Andrew Johnson, Apollo 8, Christmas, church of St Nicholas, Civil War, column, crossing the Delaware, George Washington, Hessians, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, Montgomery Ward, NASA, newspaper columnist, ninth reindeer, pardoning of Confederate soldiers, Rudolph, Santa, Silent Night, the Christmas truce, The Greenville News, To Kill a Mockingbird, world war I
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Today’s newspaper column: “Hot Springs is a road trip worth taking”
My column today in The Greenville News is all about Hot Springs, North Carolina–where my husband and I recently celebrated our 10-year anniversary. Hot Springs has hiking and history, good food and drink, rivers, mountains, ancient Cherokee art, and ghost … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherokee, Civil War, French Broad River, Greenville, hiking, history, hot springs, Iron Horse Station, Katherine Scott Crawford, mineral springs, mountain cabins, mountains, NC, Paint Rock, parenting, Revolutionary war, road trips, romance, SC, Southern Appalachians, spa, The Greenville News, vacations, WNC
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New Column: “Find time for a family pilgrimage”
Forgot to post the link yesterday to my newest column in The Greenville News. This one’s about the idea of a family pilgrimage, summer road trips, literature and history. I hope you enjoy! Read it here.
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Tagged Civil War, family pilgrimage, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Henry David Thoreau, history, journalist, Katherine Scott Crawford, literary pilgrimage, literature, Louisa May Alcott, motherhood, Nathaniel Hawthorne, newspaper column, parenting, pennsylvania, pilgrimage, Ralph Waldo Emerson, research, Robert Frost, Salem, summer road trip, The Greenville News, The Scarlet Letter, traveling with kids, writing
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Literary Pilgrimage & Road Trip: Day 1 (or, really, Day 1/2)
So, here I sit, in my dorm room at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. It’s been a whirlwind of a four days since I left North Carolina, and I know I need to document it as promised. Here we … Continue reading
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Tagged Burlington, Civil War, Concord, Katherine Scott Crawford, literary pilgrimage, literary road trip, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, Orchard House, rental car mishaps, road trip, VCFA, Vermont, Vermont College of Fine Arts
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150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 speech memorializing the soldiers who were wounded, killed or missing from the battle of the same name which had happened there only five months before. There were … Continue reading
