It was a truly joyous occasion to behold, watching a combination of family reunion, church laity day service, and practically a 21-gun salute all rolled into one.

There is a tendency, well-documented by historians and military experts, of defending and preparing for the next enemy of the United States with the tools and techniques which worked well in the prior war.

Though admittedly, I have led a somewhat blessed life and have so much to be grateful for each day, I was not unhappy to say goodbye to 2022.

Baby Boomers and even Generation X'ers of a certain vintage may well remember a catchy jingle, which can easily become an earworm, celebrating the work of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) urging Americans to buy clothing manufactured in America, by American workers.

State Representative Jon Burns (R-District 159), of Newington, Georgia in Effingham County, is not new to the State House.

By the late 1970s, the famed nearly 50-foot tall Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War was moldy, wet, and rotting in places and making its way toward a landfill somewhere.

New Year's Eve, 1981 was probably the coldest sporting event and evening of my life, in 50-yard line seats, in the very top row of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Few industries took more of a beating from this easing pandemic than tourism and travel.