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Note: In working on a project involving my newspaper column, I found this piece about The Halifax Resoloves. This story appeared in part in The Nashville Graphic in June, 2005. It shouldn’t surprise that a document from Halifax County often gets overlooked. Many people have never heard of The Halifax Resolves, and many who have…
Martha McFarlane McGee Bell was a tough woman, up for any challenge, and that prepared her for some heroics during the American Revolution. She married Colonel John McGee, a British officer who came to settle in Orange County, North Carolina in the 1750s. He established a grist mill, store, and farm. Martha was well known…
I have to admit as a kid I was always puzzled at the line in Yankee Doodle about a feather in a hat being called macaroni. I guess I wrote it off to odd lyrics. After all, there were plenty of odd lines in songs — look no farther than that thing about ashes and…