Memorial Day honors our soldiers who died in battle. While we respect and remember all of our veterans, Memorial Day is set aside to specifically pay tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. In the aftermath of the Civil War, Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic proclaimed May 30, […]
Pancho Villa Crossed the Border…and got US into the Great War
Pancho Villa crossed the border in the year of ought sixteen The people of Columbus still hear him riding through their dreams He killed seventeen civilians you could hear the women scream Blackjack Pershing on a dancing horse was waiting in the wings Tonight we ride, tonight we ride We’ll skin ole Pancho Villa, make […]
Diary of Orrin Brown—March 9, 1865
Diary of Orrin Brown, on the Plank Road at Rockfish Creek, modern Ft. Bragg, North Carolina Thursday–Mar. 9th We broke up camp at 6 AM, we did not have time this morning to dry our clothes much. I was quite unwell and had to have my Knapsack hauled in the ambulance again today. The weather […]