Archive by category History

Behind the Victory Flagpole – The Swedish recycler

I don’t know how many of my faithful readers to this column remember the article written in March of 2014 called “The Recycler.” It was all …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – The Orator

  How many people remember that Patrick Henry High School’s annual, which comes out every year at graduation time, is named “The …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – Amusement

Mom and Pop, please don’t let your children read this or they will think it grossly uncool! It involves the way kids used to play and their amusements …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – Furnish your home

Not too long ago I wrote a story about how to build your own log cabin. Now that they have all been finished, how did you furnish them? Did you go to the …

Behind the Victory Flagpole — Want a new home?

  Did you ever wonder how the pioneers built their homes and how you’d like to do the same thing as they did? Well, here is how they did it. First …

Behind the Victory Flagpole — Gym Dandy

How exciting it must have been to have a new school and to know that you must gather up some talented sporty guys to fill the teams! This is what happened at …

Behind the Victory Flagpole -Tales at the Falls

Everyone knows where St. Anthony is, but not everyone knows what went on there, especially at St. Anthony Falls. Old time pioneer, John H. Stevens, however, …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – Christmas madness

It used to be that this time of the year was when something strange seemed to happen around Camden. No, it was not Christmas sales or such, but something …

Behind the Victory Flagpole –Old Time Roads

Did you ever imagine that the road you are now driving on used to be an Indian trail, a stage coach path or one of the pioneer’s foot trails? Well, it …

Behind the Victory Flagpole – Twin pixs

Patrick Henry had some first-class student photographers back when I was in high school. They were both skillful and professional. You always hear about the …