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Sixty years ago today (June 25, 1950) the Korean War began. Nearly half a million Americans served in Korea during the war’s three years with 36,000 killed in action, 92,000 wounded, 8,000 missing in action and 7,000 taken prisoner. The Korean War featured the first and only combat (thus far)…
Read More »Yesterday morning I attended two events of the Franco-American Week Festival: the annual memorial ceremony at the Little Canada Monument near the corner of Aiken and Hall streets and the traditional flag-raising ceremony at City Hall. The Little Canada Monument has been re-landscaped so that the granite stone with bronze…
Read More »I am a Michael Jackson fan. I know, he was freaky, but he was a great musician and dancer. But don’t take my word for this…1940/50’s dancing genius Gene Kelly (Singin’ in the Rain) called Jackson the greatest dancer he had ever seen. The King of Pop died one year…
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