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Roberta Sandler

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.

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Wrought ironwork at John Rutledge House

It delighted me to find, during my
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