Saturday, June 25, 2011

On the Farm ~ Plowing the Land for Planting

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On June 4, 2011 the 8th annual meeting of the Byron Herbert Reece Society met at the Reece Farm and Heritage Center. I wrote about that in m...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Summer Daddy Found the Spring (A True Story Remembered)

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It was a hot dry summer, much like this May and June 2011 has been. Water was scarce, and crops looked pitiful in the fields. To complicate ...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Preserving Reece Legacy Celebrated at 8th Annual Society Meeting

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The weather was already hot, even in the “cool” mountain region in the shadow of Blood and Bald Mountains in North Georgia on Saturday, June...
Saturday, June 4, 2011

June 6 ~ Anniversary of Normandy Beach Invasion, World War II

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Many months and much secrecy went into planning maneuvers of the Normandy Beach Invasion of France. D-Day, June 6, 1944, has been termed “th...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

In Union County We’re Apt to Call Memorial Day “Decoration Day”

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I can see us in my mind’s eye, little children and adults as well, carrying live flowers in bouquets to the cemetery on “Decoration Day” to ...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Constitutional Convention, May through September, 1787

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Do you ever wonder how it might have been to participate in the forming of the United States Constitution in May, 1787? That auspicious gath...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Denton Families Important to Towns County Development

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Last week’s column introduced the Denton Family early settlers to Union County, dating back as far as 1834, when the first census revealed t...