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For anyone who loves to read, loves to learn, and loves being part of an engaged and...
March 23, 2024
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It’s gone by numerous names over the past 100 years: Century Cotton Mills, New Century Cotton Mills,...
March 11, 2024
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“Walk through that door there and have a seat in my office, and I’ll be right...
December 3, 2023
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Psychologists have said that one of the most common dreams people have is about flying. There is...
Making History Personal – The R.P. Brooks General Store at the Person County Museum of History
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December 1, 2023
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a general store as “a retail store located usually in a small or...
October 4, 2023
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Many people know Gerald Roxbury as the vice president of the South Boston-Halifax Museum of Fine Arts...
October 2, 2023
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“Tom is just an amazing person and hard to sum up briefly! He loves people, pretty much...
September 26, 2023
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The kitchen didn’t have a door. In fact, it had been removed some time ago, as part...
September 20, 2023
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The Danville area has for years (I am not allowed to say how many) enjoyed the on-air...
September 16, 2023
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Just a few miles outside South Boston sits a circa 1844 mansion that now serves as a...
July 8, 2023
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as a four year old,purse your lips tight andtry not to look at her.pretend she’s not even...
July 6, 2023
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On Independence Day, Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence, ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July...
June 28, 2023
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For decades, the bright reddish-orange neon “Home of Dan River Fabrics” sign graced the roof of the...
June 6, 2023
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The Roller Mill’s Long Road to Rehabilitation Standing at the southern gateway to Historic Downtown Halifax, Virginia,...
May 5, 2023
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Every year, the Danville Historical Society releases a new Christmas ornament and new puzzle, designed to highlight...
May 4, 2023
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The Caswell County Veterans Memorial is made of black granite, eight inches thick. The names of soldiers...
April 24, 2023
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As we climb out of our dark hibernation this winter and look for things to do as...
April 5, 2023
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I invite you to take a walk with me; not down a winding dirt path filled with...
November 11, 2022
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The chairs had been removed. That’s what Mary Barnes remembers about her first experience at what was...