Month: March 2025

The Earnest Thomas Monument off U.S. 90

March 7, 2025By Les Harrison

It has been 80 years and only a few remain who remember the events first hand. The war in Europe was winding down, but the fight in the pacific was raging viciously as Imperial Japan fought savagely to hold its island fortification. Newspaper headlines shouted the unfamiliar names of exotic places. The stories told of…Read more

A Sign the Winter Is Winding Down

March 3, 2025By Les Harrison

From all appearances, the frigid weather of 2024/25’s winter is coming to a close. While folk wisdom forecasts the potential for frost as late as Easter, that holiday will not arrive until April 20, 2025. The late date could be an indication that Punxsutawney Phil, the internationally known groundhog from Pennsylvania, was correct on Groundhog…Read more