Category: History

#Ads February 11

On Sunday Super Bowl LVI will be played. The broadcast will feature lots of ADS. With regular TV audiences of over 100 million viewers, the game is once again, guaranteed to generate a huge amount of...

#Perspective January 14

Arming yourself with PERSPECTIVE often becomes a great coping mechanism. This month begins the nearly two-year journey with the COVID-19 pandemic. Locally in Robeson County we are dealing with surge of positive cases. On...

#BraveNation January 11

This post will likely have a very narrow audience. Last Friday I attended the funeral for Joe Gallagher. He was an iconic figure in not only the athletic history of UNC Pembroke but for...

#Necktie October 9

Yesterday I attended a funeral for a friend David Myron McGuirt. Since retirement I have not worn on NECKTIE on many occasions but I did yesterday Every day this month I am participating in...

#Salem October 7

Most North Carolinians know that the University of North Carolina is the oldest public university in the state. Yet SALEM College was founded some 17 years before UNC opened its doors and is the...

#Recap July 31

Today’s post is a RECAP of the #Coach4adayChallenge for July. This month it was to share daily history lesson. Wow what a month it was. I was blown away by what others shared with...

#Formica July 30

In the 1950’s and 1960’s American kitchens included a lot of FORMICA. FORMICA was originally developed as an industrial material. It was first developed in 1913 to replace the mica mineral used in electrical...

#Home July 27

My HOME the past 23 years has been in Lumberton NC. It is a HOME with a lot of history thanks to the first owner and his family. In August of 1998, my family...

#TommyRock July 26

TOMMY ROCK is an iconic place on the campus of UNC Pembroke. College campuses often have places that graduates and visitors often look to take photos. Often times that location is a statue and...

#Podcast July 22

Sometimes we have to remember that technology changes our world. That is the case with the PODCAST. It didn’t exist until 2004. In 2001 Apple debut the IPod. It was not the first MP3...