by Jan Blodgett | Nov 23, 2018 | Davidson History, Top Right Box
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Compulsory Thanksgiving – A Most Preposterous Thing? The December 1895 issue of the Davidson Monthly contains an editorial protesting required attendance for a Thanksgiving service. After noting that a survey the year before had...
by Jan Blodgett | Sep 15, 2018 | Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY “A Monument to the Gastric Propensities of Man” It seems like new restaurants and eateries are popping up all over Davidson these days. But there was a time when restaurants were more of a novelty. In 1924, a new hotel opened...
by Jan Blodgett | Jul 20, 2018 | Davidson History, Top Right Box
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY History of the Davidson School (This article was originally published in the Fall 2009 Davidson Historical Society Newsletter. To learn more about the society and read additional newsletters go to the website. It was excerpted from...
by Jan Blodgett | Apr 29, 2018 | Bottom Left Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Questioning Normal This is a different kind of history column. It grew out of a recent student initiative at Davidson College, tours that reframed history taking into focus race relations. I was quoted in a related article saying “There’s...
by Jan Blodgett | Apr 12, 2018 | Davidson History
Search for: DAVIDSON HISTORY Beyond Main and Concord – Davidson Street Names Griffith, Jackson, Delburg, Beaty, Sloan, Watson – Davidson residents travel these streets regularly, perhaps wondering occasionally about the people and stories behind the names. Five of...
