Tag "U.S. Army"
PHOTO: Members of the Fort Payne High School JROTC raise the flags at Fort Payne Patriot’s Park; located as you enter the city on Alabama Highway 35. (Tyler Pruett | Southern Torch) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE,
PHOTO: Jim Nabors of Trenton, GA (Past Sergeant At Arms); and Tony Goolesby of Sylvania (Sergeant At Arms) with the U.S. Army Flag, one of the six flags raised at the Mountain View Memory Gardens in Pine Ridge. (LaRue Hardinger | Northeast Alabama
PHOTO: When a troop transport was torpedoed by a German Submarine in frigid waters, four chaplains gave up life vest and their lives so others may live. (Wikimedia Commons) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala. — On Saturday, February 18 at 10
Two centuries of hospitality and history
Featured image: Winston Place’s wrap-around porch has been looking over Valley Head for almost two centuries (Photo by Tyler Pruett) By Tyler Pruett, Managing Editor tyler@southerntorch.com VALLEY HEAD, Ala. — For almost 200 years, The Winston Place has been seen by
By Sen. Phil Williams I carry a simple photograph in my wallet. The picture was taken in early 2004 and at first glance it is not a remarkable image. But the story behind it is profound. The image is of
