I gave my students an assignment based on the radio pioneer Edward R. Murrow’s short essay series that he asked his listeners to write. Since
Tag: History
Pepsi: Born where?
“Well, you know Pepsi started right there in Chinquapin.” That is something we would hear every time we passed through Chinquapin. We would respectively respond
Toilet Paper: Getting to the bottom of its history
It’s something that we all do. It’s just something we don’t discuss. I’m referring to using the bathroom. Whether it’s the lingering smells that cause
The Masks We Wear – Part 1: Crime and History
There are hundreds of different prisoners who could have been the Man in the Iron Mask. In the 1998 Leonardo DiCaprio movie entitled The Man in the
The Sadie Hawkins Day Dance
The term pop culture is said to have been coined back before the 19th century, and there is no denying that popular culture helps pave
A Ghost Story: The Van Eden Ghost Light
While doing a whistle-stop tour of Eastern North Carolina in 1889, President Grover Cleveland asked the conductor why there were two signal lights instead of
