Easter Disaster in Wellsburg, West Virginia, 1902
Easter Sunday 1902 began and ended under sunny skies in West Virginia, but in between storms brought tragedy to a church service in Wellsburg.
Category: Once, in America history blog
Nancy Hart, Georgia Heroine of the Revolutionary War
Nancy Hart, a six-foot, muscular, crossed-eyed Georgian, proved in the American Revolution she was no one to trifle with.
West Virginians’ Experiences on D-Day
West Virginians who took part in the D-Day invasion included paratroopers, Rangers, riflemen, medics, and shipboard personnel; 38 men from the Mountain State died that day.
Twilight of the Grand Army of the Republic
As the “Greatest Generation” fades away, some thoughts on the passing of the last Civil War veterans decades earlier.