The Happy Traveler
Monday, August 24, 2009
Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, and Military Heroes
God bless our U. S. soldiers, past, present and future. That was my thought as I recently toured Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the nation's largest military installation based on personnel, and the world's largest airborne facility - 160,832 acres. In 1952, it became home to the Green Berets and is home to the 82nd Airborne Division, the XVIII Airborne Corps and the Golden Knights, the U. S. Army's Parachute Team.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Charleston: The Lure of the Low Country
One of my favorite musicals is 1776, not only because American history fascinates me, but because of one extraordinary song sung unforgettably by John Collum: "Molasses to Rum to Slaves." Collum portrayed Edward Rutledge, a South Carolina signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Roberta Sandler
Wrought ironwork at John Rutledge House
It delighted me to find, during my
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Roberta Sandler
Travel Writer and Guidebook Author
