Stuff Every American Should Know
As Americans, there are things we all think we know about the greatest country in the world, but do we really know stuff that every American should know? That's the premise put forth by prolific...
View ArticleThe Mayans And The End Of The World
There has perhaps been more conversation about the end of our world in the last decade than ever before in world history. From Y2K to an American preacher twice predicting the world's end, to a minor...
View ArticleCuban-American Relations And Operation Pedro Pan
From 1960 to 1962, Cuban parents put more than 14,000 of their own children on planes bound for the US. Operation Pedro Pan was intended to remove these» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleCamp Greene
There are important moments in the development of any large city. Charlotte's history goes back to the fortuitous intersection of two trading paths that» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleHow Weather Changed History
Many people feel a little bit down on rainy days but find that they are smiling and happy when the sun shines. Kids get excited when it might snow and we» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleOld Salem And Mountains To Sea Trail
Part One: Old Salem. Just as our country was being forged in the halls of the Continental Congress and birthed in the Revolutionary war, a group of hardy» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe Girls Of Atomic City
The world is at war and you want to help fight it. So you board a train to a secret town in Tennessee that doesn't appear on any map, to work on a project» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe Feud: Hatfields And McCoys
We'll meet the author of a new book about the 100-year-old feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys. The families, who famously battled for generations in» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe Surprising Story Of Charlotte's South End
Some of the hottest restaurants and hippest gatherings in Charlotte are just beyond Uptown, in the neighborhood known as South End. Developers have taken» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe Story Of 'Historic' South End
Charlotte's South End wasn't always a hip, vibrant district of shops, restaurants and condos filled with young people that's currently thriving along the» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleGirls Of Atomic City (Rebroadcast)
The world is at war and you want to help fight it. So you board a train to a secret town in Tennessee that doesn't appear on any map, to work on a project» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleThe Making Of A Southern Democracy
In modern history, especially over the past six or seven decades, North Carolina has changed in many ways, in terms of growth, economy, race relations,...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleMecklenburg Declaration of Independence
May 20th has long been known as MeckDec Day here in the Queen City. It’s the day that, as the legend says, Mecklenburg Militia members came together to...» E-Mail This
View ArticleThe Story Of Charlotte
Every July, America celebrates its beginnings so we’re going to look back on this city’s 251 year history with a historian who has studied and written...» E-Mail This
View ArticleCharlotte's Historian Soon To Retire, But Still Tell City's History
Tom Hanchett is thought of as Charlotte’s historian, but his actual title is staff historian for the Levine Museum of the New South in uptown Charlotte...
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