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USPS unveils Route 66 centennial stamps, born from a photographer's 42 trips
5+ hour, 50+ min ago (723+ words) Industrial-leaning synth-pop strains might seem incongruous with such a vista, but it was the alternative rock band's homage to Route 66 that seduced David J. Schwartz. With camera in hand he has made 42 trips over two decades along the celebrated highway, qualifying…...
World War II oral historian captures stories from North Carolina veterans
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (386+ words) KANNAPOLIS, N. C. (WGHP) " Chandler Stark is on a mission to capture history. As a Gary Sinise Foundation oral historian at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Stark travels the country with a video camera and interviews members of The Greatest…...
Some of the most important work I've ever done': NC students learn valuable lessons about Holocaust, antisemitism
2+ mon, 3+ hour ago (358+ words) MIDWAY, N. C. (WGHP) " Inside Luke Sealey's classroom at Oak Grove High School in Midway, students are well into the second semester and a brand-new course. "I think this is a topic that young people, whether they know a lot about it…...