Monday, May 25, 2015

'A Soldier's Walk Home' reminds us of grit and resilience


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Stan and Cathy Clardy. They spent the night and performed at Dixie's 6th birthday at Dixieland. He does a great puppet show, with Bobby Lee Opposum! http://www.stanclardy.com/ 

Afterwards he performed Soldiers In Gray at Dixieland, I was so moved that I couldn't speak. http://www.stanclardy.com/Soldiers_in_Gray.html 

 


My Grandfather's Words Engraved On Confederate Memorial

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Via Cousin John

On May 14, I received an early Memorial Day reminder. I saw newly-released Confederate prisoner-of-war Washington Duke walking down N.C. 11 just after he crossed the King Street Bridge.

Duke, aka Philip Brown, had been held prisoner in New Bern. When the war closed and Union forces released him, Duke faced a 165-mile walk back to his home place in Durham.

The Duke reenactor arrived in Kinston late May 12, spent a busy day in our city on May 13, and then, after breakfast on May 14, he headed down the road towards Whitehall – today’s Seven Springs.  


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