by D.G. Martin | Feb 2, 2025 | Local, News, One on One, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS Mecklenburg Resolves in Context Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag. In the January 14 edition of...
by D.G. Martin | Jan 28, 2025 | Local, News, One on One, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS Marching in a Presidential Inauguration Here is a 1965 report from my hometown newspaper which summed up my only notable military operation: “Army 1st Lt. David G Martin Jr, 25, whose parents live at 408 N. Main St. Davidson N.C. marched in the...
by D.G. Martin | Jan 19, 2025 | Local, News, One on One, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS Mark Twain, Again Why am I reading Mark Twain again? It has been more than 70 years since my class at the Davidson Junior High School produced a play based on Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” Of course, I hoped I could earn...
by D.G. Martin | Jan 14, 2025 | Local, News, One on One, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS Panama and North Carolina Politics – Again President-elect Donald Trump surprised many earlier this month when at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, he declined to assure the public that he would not use military...
by D.G. Martin | Jan 5, 2025 | Local, News, One on One, Voices of Davidson
Search for: NEWS The Famous Man from Tally Ho Who is the most famous North Carolinian today? If you check the latest edition of the World Almanac as I do this time every year, you will find a list of “Famous North Carolinians.” That list includes the following...