Weekend is here, hopefully a good day to be outside. Been thinking about...
History
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…for many. Sadly, for some, the...
1652 – NY Gov. Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston....
By: Erin Smith Harmony Hall Plantation Village Inc. in White Oak is getting dressed...
1793 – Noah Webster establishes NY’s 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva. 1861 – American...
1776 – George Washington’s retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey. 1792...
The Third Corps of Cadets...
The Association of Concerned Tax Payers, headed by DeWitt Clark of Clarkton, presented a...
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and is known...
1787 – Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify the US constitution. 1868 – Jesse...
1732 – 1st play in American colonies acted by professional player, NYC. 1768 –...
1766 – London auctioneers Christie’s hold their first sale. 1776 – First US fraternity,...
The East Bladen High School History...
[slideshow_deploy id=’35461′] To many folks in Bladen County, the name Thomas Grimes is best affiliated...
1818 – Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission Day) 1828 – Andrew Jackson elected...
1750 – First school in America to offer manual training courses opens in Maryland....
Dr. O. Alton Hester was the guest speaker at First Baptist Church in Elizabethtown....
1782 – Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence. 1803 – Spain cedes her claims...
1825 – 1st Italian opera in US, “Barber of Seville” premieres (NYC) 1847 –...
1520 – Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean. 1785 – The Treaty of...
1817 – US soldiers attack Florida Indian Village, beginning Seminole War. 1870 – NY...
1784 – 1st National Thanksgiving in USA. 1832 – 1st streetcar railway in America...
1783—Britain evacuates New York City, its last military position in United States. 1792—Farmer’s Almanac...
1703—1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia. 1832—South Carolina passes Ordinance...
Twyla Raynor was Varsity Sweetheart and Cynthia Bowen was Homecoming Queen at East Bladen...
1765—People of Fredrick County, Maryland refuse to pay England’s Stamp tax. 1783—Annapolis Maryland, becomes...
1842—Mount St. Helens in Washington erupts. 1864—American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends...
[slideshow_deploy id=’34165′] Saturday the sun was shining for the Cape Fear Lock and Dam...
Southeastern Carolina Crossroads is an effort to help area residents who are dealing with...
N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Jeremy Freeman was presented a Samaritan Service Award on Tuesday...
The Southeastern District NCSSAR in co-operation with the Lumber River Chapter NCSSAR and the...
1676—1st colonial prison organized, Nantucket, Mass. 1798—Kentucky becomes first state to nullify an act...
1763—Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. 1791—1st...
1732—First professional librarian in North America, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia. 1832—First streetcar (horse-drawn)...
[slideshow_deploy id=’33307′] By: Erin Smith One Bladen County veteran has a pretty amazing story...
[slideshow_deploy id=’33263′] EAST ARCADIA – On a display hanging on a wall in the...
1789—Ben Franklin writes “Nothing…..certain but death & taxes” 1849—Peter Burnett elected first governor of...
A local photography studio has donated several canvases and prints to support the Bladen...
1439—Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament. 1799—Andrew Ellicott makes...
[slideshow_deploy id=’33117′] By: Erin Smith BLADENBORO – The Disabled Veterans held a Veterans Day...
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Steve Stanley, an aviation ordnace specialist serving with the...
We want to Thank Isaac for serving! Be careful out there Isaac! We salute...
We salute you Veteran Curtis Ludlum, for your service to our country. Ludlum...
Thank you for your service to our country Charles Lee Lewis! Lewis served in...
We salute you, Lance Corporal Carson Brigman, for your service to our country. Brigman...
Thank you for your service to our Country Master Sergeant Brandon J Farley. Farley...
We want to thank Sgt. Rodney Baxley for his service to our country. He...
Thank you Sergeant Jessie Oliver Gause for your service to our country! A Sergeant...
We salute Veteran Graham Hester of Bladenboro. Graham served in the Korean War in...
We salute Veteran Edgar C. Evans of Bladenboro. He served in the US Army...
Bladen County’s own, Chief Petty Officer Johnny Anderson is pictured in the far...
We want to salute, Bladen County USAF, Retired Veteran, Robert Curtis Hester. Robert Curtis...
1766—The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen’s...
Elizabethtown Mayor Cecil Edge was named head of Farm-City Week. Elaine English was named...
1821—1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia. 1857—Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published. 1858—1st...
1731—In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st US library. 1789—Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn...
1789—Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the...
1639—First post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts. 1773—John Hancock is...
1646—Massachusetts uses death penalty for denying that Holy Bible is God’s word. 1841—First wagon...
1762—Spain acquires Louisiana. 1783—Washington orders Continental Army disbanded. 1796—John Adams elected president of the...
1783—General George Washington, later 1st American President, bids farewell to his army after the...
1800—John Adams becomes the first US president to live in White House. 1834—First published...
1768—First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC) 1864—Helena, Montana’s capital,...
1682—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded. 1780—Samuel Williams and the first U.S. astronomical expedition to record...
1684—Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted. 1760—First Jewish prayer book printed in...
1564—John Hawkins begins 2nd trip to America. 1648—1st labor organization form in North America...
1781—Cornwallis defeated at Yorktown. 1829—Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens. 1860—1st British...
1829—Tremont Hotel, 1st modern hotel opens (Boston) 1847—Charlotte Bronte’s book “Jane Eyre” published. 1848—1st...
1789—1st presidential tour-George Washington in New England. 1846—Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public...
1774—1st Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia. 1834—First black to obtain...
1792—“Old Farmer’s Almanac” is 1st published. 1792—Washington lays cornerstone of Executive Mansion (White House)...
The Bladen County Teacher of the Year was Laura Grimes of East Bladen High...
1492—Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall on Caribbean Island he names San Salvador (likely Watling...
1922—First woman FBI “special investigator” appointed (Alaska Davidson) 1929—JC Penny opens store #1252 in...
1802—1st non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma. 1845—Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at...
1635—Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1701—Collegiate School of Connecticut (Yale...
1633—Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its first government. 1840—First Hawaiian constitution proclaimed. 1860—Telegraph line between...