Tuesday, May 30th, 1972 It’s about 7PM on a warm spring evening in the quiet near-mountain town of Valdese, NC.Jean Garrou (12), Regina Robinson (12) and her brother Donald Robinson Jr. (14), Michael Powell (10), Gloria Hammond (12), and Gloria Picou (10) are playing in a bomb shelter at Jean’s home.Jean’s adoptive father, James EdwardContinue reading “The Valdese Bomb Shelter Explosion”
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Why did the bridge of Siloam fall?
Monday, February 3rd, 1975James C Venable, a real estate agent from the Winston Salem area is driving his white Ford Thunderbird down Siloam Rd near the town of Siloam, NC. The night is dark, foggy, and there’s on and off drizzle and damp in the cold night air. At about 10 PM, Venable begins toContinue reading “Why did the bridge of Siloam fall?”