By Brent Lancaster, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – On Christmas Day in 1944, North Carolina native George Preddy was in the skies over Belgium, chasing German planes in his P-51 Mustang, when his luck ran out. He lost his life when an American anti-aircraft team on the ground missed the…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The North Carolina Museum of History will host its 11th Annual African American Cultural Celebration on Saturday, January 28th from 11am to 4pm. The event is one of the largest such festivals in North Carolina and will feature more than 75 presenters — well-known musicians,…
By Andy Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Art lovers are flocking to the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh this week to catch a final glimpse of dozens of original Rembrandt paintings before the special exhibit closes. With paintings such as “The Night Watch,” Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn…
By Dave Chase, Special Warfare Center & School, US Army, Special To The Raleigh Telegram FORT BRAGG, NC – In 1997, eight Special Forces Soldiers traveled to Bolivia to train and advise a battalion of Bolivian Army rangers. Beyond running the battalion’s light infantry certification training, the Special Forces team…
By The Raleigh Telegram, From NC Hall of Fame RALEIGH – The 2012 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame will be inducting eight new members later this year including Wilt Browning, Wray Carlton, M.L. Carr, Sam Esposito, Dr. Jerry McGee, Kristi Overton Johnson, Lennie Rosenbluth, and Henry Trevathan. They will…
By The NC Department of Cultural Resources RALEIGH – This year marks the 150th anniversary of when the Civil War came home to North Carolina in 1862. Union General Ambrose Burnside captured Roanoke Island in February, New Bern in March and Fort Macon in April. Takeover of North Carolina’s coast was…
By Robert Butler, Special To The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Long time North Carolina radio personality Harry Barclay “Bart” Ritner, Jr. died of complications from cancer early on Wednesday, December 28th. Ritner was born in Rocky Mount, November 27, 1935. The former radio host at both WRAL-FM and WPTF radio…
World War II fighter pilot Hal Shook (above and below) flew P-47’s in World War II and later flew the F-86 Sabre jets in the Korean War. He later served in the Vietnam War before retiring. Photos provided to The Raleigh Telegram by Hal Shook. By Bryan LeClaire, The Raleigh…
