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Tales more than a century old waiting to be told at Oak Ridge Military Academy museum By Kevin Spradlin PiedmontPostNC.com OAK RIDGE – Babe Ruth was safe after all. On…
DHHS Approved for traumatic brain injury pilot project
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has been approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to begin a pilot project in Cumberland, Durham,…
Teen: ‘I feel like the ball is starting to roll’
Inspired by family farmers, local teens begins venture as entrepreneur By Kevin Spradlin PiedmontPostNC.com OAK RIDGE — What began as a slogan and a modest gesture to honor hard-working family members…
Review: ‘This Evil Thing’ tells plight of conscientious objectors
World War I conscripts faced their own battles By Kevin Spradlin PiedmontPostNC.com GREENSBORO — Growing up in London, war didn’t seem to make very much sense to Michael Mears. Flash forward…
Opinion: 15 years after the Iraq invasion, what are the costs?
This March marked the 15th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. In 2003, President George W. Bush and his advisers based their case for war on the idea that Saddam Hussein,…
Gibson, Korean War vet, named ‘Ambassador for Peace’
Special to The Pee Dee Post It has been 62 years since Calvin Gibson came home from the Korean War. Recently he received medals and a commendation from Korean officials…
Flag flies during Firecracker distance runs
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * December 2014: Exercise, connection at center of new veterans group PINEHURST — Eighteen members of Team Red, White and Blue started out from Lewis Cannon Park…
Navy veteran pitches his way into major leagues
Editor’s note: This article was first published in The American Legion Magazine and is published here with permission. Mitch Harris was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th…
Honor and respect for Old Glory
By Mary Kuhlman Public News Service – NC RALEIGH — U.S. flags are popping up all over North Carolina as the Fourth of July approaches, but there are some important dos and…
Taunton pulls trigger on new gun shop
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Scott Taunton knows there is an orderly way of how things are done. The Navy veteran realizes, though, that it’s okay to buck the system…
McCrory signs veterans’ bill for in-state tuition, CDLs
RALEIGH — Gov. Pat McCrory signed two bills into law today to support veterans and military families through in-state tuition at University of North Carolina system universities and North Carolina…
Steele takes helm of Legion District 16
Robert L. Steele Sr., left, of American Legion Post 147, Rockingham, was sworn in Saturday at the American Legion Department of North Carolina 2015 Convention at the North Raleigh Hilton…
Burns: Passing the torch of L-I-B-E-R-T-Y
My name is John Hosbrook, and I died 217 years ago. My family has asked me to take you on a tour of our Patriot Past. They said you might…
Class of 2015 Raiders told to ‘dream, imagine, hope’
442 walk in 42nd annual RSHS commencement By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery — Set 1 (procession) — Set 2 (awarding of diplomas) * Video * Hernandez beats the…
Preslar appointed interim police chief
Takes over Mount Gilead department in ‘disarray’ By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com It turns out the “retired” tag didn’t fit well onto Pat Preslar’s shirt. So he pinned on another badge…
Legion Post 147 installs new officers
Special to The Pee Dee Post LEDBETTER — American Legion Post 147 in Rockingham installed officers for 2015-16 during a ceremony Friday night at post headquarters on Ledbetter Lake. Richard W. Neville,…
McKinnon named Post 147’s Firefighter of the Year
Special to The Pee Dee Post LEDBETTER — Lt. Vernon McKinnon of the Rockingham Fire Department Friday night received the American Legion Post 147 Firefighter of the Year Award. The…
AMVETS Post 316 seeks ‘home place’
By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com Lacy Shepherd is once again at the helm of AMVETS Post 316 and hopes to continue and strengthen the mission of his organization, which he…
‘A hero I never knew’
Roberdel man keeps uncle’s memory alive By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com ROBERDEL — Meet James Archie Easterling. Easterling was 24 years old when he married Ruth Jane Cresman, of Tryon. The…
‘A lot of folks died for our freedoms’
7th annual Memorial Day cookout in Norman a success By Kevin Spradlin PeeDeePost.com * Photo gallery NORMAN — Food is used as an excuse to get together. There were plenty…
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