The History of Old Wives Tales
When we were growing up, to call something an “Old Wives’ Tale” meant that the idea was at best untrue and at worst superstitious nonsense that cast doubt on the speaker’s ability to navigate the modern world.
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The History of Daylight Savings Time
/2 Comments/in Featured, HistoryDaylight Saving Time has its share of critics, but many of us love the extra evening daylight. DST starts this weekend.
History: Glenaire Turns 20
/2 Comments/in Community, Featured, Health, History, Non ProfitAs Cary continues to add senior citizens at the rate of 2,000 a year, Glenaire, Cary’s first Continuing Care Retirement community (CCRC), will celebrate its 20th anniversary this summer amid a $6 expansion and renovation.
History Scholarship Up for Grabs
/1 Comment/in Education, Featured, HistoryThe Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel are pleased to offer their 2013 History Scholarship. Applications are now being accepted for this annual scholarship which recognizes a student who exhibits an aptitude and passion for the study of history
History: Elvis in the House
/1 Comment/in Featured, HistoryElvis Presley was very popular in the Cary and Raleigh area, where he performed six times between 1955 and 1956, as his musical career began.
History: The Untold Story of Roswell Mill
/in Featured, History“I repeat my orders to you that you arrest all people male and female connected with those factories, no matter what the clamor and let them foot it, under guard to Marietta, whence I will send them by [railroad] cars to the North.” William Sherman, Major-General
History: Did the Maya Emigrate to the American South?
/1 Comment/in Featured, HistorySeveral Southeastern tribes have long said that their ancestors received immigrants from Mesoamerica and that these immigrants introduced many cultural changes. Far too few anthropologists were listening.
Longest Game in NASL History Ends in RailHawks Win
/1 Comment/in Featured, News, RailHawks, Soccer, SportsThe Carolina RailHawks match against the Minnesota Stars FC last night was delayed for 4 hours. The RailHawks were able to come away with another win, 1-0, despite nature’s fireworks. The match was the longest game in NASL history and was completed in the wee hours Sunday morning.
History: The Real Story of Pocahantas
/1 Comment/in Featured, HistoryStory by Gordon Mercer, professor emeritus at Western Carolina University and Marcia Gaines Mercer, published author and columnist. “Pocahontas is one of those historical characters who comes across to us eternally embalmed in some legend rather than a person in her own right and in her own humanity.” – Noel B. Gerson
History: A Man Named Raleigh
/in Featured, HistoryRaleigh was an adventurer, writer, explorer, poet and soldier for whom North Carolina’s Capital is named. He was twice imprisoned in the famed ‘Tower of London’ and eventually beheaded. Did Raleigh deserve his fate?