Click here to read three of my earlier published articles about polygamy, the Mississippi Saints, and Mormon Spring, Monroe County, Mississippi.
Illness prevents me from researching and writing new material --- so I'm "dipping" into materials published in Hill Country of Monroe County Mississippi Volume 1 (947 articles from the past). The CD is available; click here for information.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
More about the David Z. Palmer Memorial
Click here to read a thank you from Todd Palmer, Festus, Missouri, regarding the CSA Memorial for David Z. Palmer, Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi. Additional information about that ceremony and links to previous articles regarding it are included.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
A Southern Unionist Family --- Shhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this
Click here to read one of my favorite articles originally posted August 27, 2007. Available now only on CD or at one or two sites who have been granted permission to republish this personal essay, I've had several requests from readers to run it again. And during this time of not being able to research and write, I thought it might be fun to select and repost some of my favorites from the past. Here, then, is " Shhhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this . . ." a personal essay involving my Southern unionist family of Alabama and Mississippi.
I can hear some of my Thornton relatives saying, "Shhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this!
I can hear some of my Thornton relatives saying, "Shhhhhhhhhhhh! Let's not talk about this!
Johnson's Island, CSA POW Camp, Rededication Ceremony for Southern Memorial
On June 12, 2010, Johnson's Island (in Lake Erie) near Sandusky Bay, Ohio, was held a rededication ceremony to mark the occasion of the 100th year of the bronze CSA memorial. The service, marked with pomp, color, and ceremony, featured re-enactors from Kentucky serving as a color guard and a military band played "Dixie." For more information about this rededication service, photographs, and a link to a video of the band playing "Dixie" go to http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/confederate-memorial-rededication.html
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Amazing Grace --- Bagpipes
Watch and listen to Bagpiper Jean Orcutt perform Amazing Grace at the Palmer Monument Dedication Ceremony, Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi. Click this link: http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/amazing-grace-by-piper-jean-e-orcutt.html
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Monday, June 7, 2010
Palmer Memorial Service, Lann Cemetery
For a short article about the marker dedication ceremony for Private David Z. Palmer, CSA, see the post at HILL COUNTRY --- http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/david-z-palmer-monument-dedication.html
Within the article are photographs and video. The videos show the Flags, the Color Guard, the firing of the three-volley Musket Salute, and the playing of Taps on the bagpipe.
The colorful and moving service was conducted Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi.
Within the article are photographs and video. The videos show the Flags, the Color Guard, the firing of the three-volley Musket Salute, and the playing of Taps on the bagpipe.
The colorful and moving service was conducted Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Lann Cemetery, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi.
Signs of the season: Ripe Blackberries
For photographic proof that some blackberries are getting ripe in the Hill Country on June 6, 2010, click this link: http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/blackberries-in-hill-country-june-6.html
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Bagpiper piping at my grave marker Sunday at Lann Cemetery
Yes, there was a bagpiper at my grave marker at Lann Cemetery. Click here to hear and to see the video -- http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/bagpipe-piping-at-grave-marker-of-terry.html
Thursday, June 3, 2010
SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAIN
Poor Southern Whites: The Only Ethnic Group in America Not Permitted to Have a History
by Terry Thornton
Reasons why Family Historians should read SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAIN is the subject of a short essay at HILL COUNTRY. Click the following link to read my review of Dennis Covington's little masterpiece, Salvation on Sand Mountain: http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/reasons-why-family-historians-should.html
by Terry Thornton
Reasons why Family Historians should read SALVATION ON SAND MOUNTAIN is the subject of a short essay at HILL COUNTRY. Click the following link to read my review of Dennis Covington's little masterpiece, Salvation on Sand Mountain: http://hillcountryhogsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/reasons-why-family-historians-should.html
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