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I Enjoyed my Visit to the Cherokee Museum!

The self-guided tour at The Museum of the Cherokee Indian begins with the “Story Lodge,” where ancient Cherokee myths appear through computer animation. You continue through the Paleo period, when mastodons were killed with simple spears. Through the Archaic and Woodland periods, people adapted the environment to their needs, creating agriculture, …

On the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Consider the American Holocaust. Did the Nazis Borrow a Page from US History?

Each year, when the anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy invasion draws near, I am petitioned with questions pursuant to the writing of the WWII novel, How Angels Die.  For the most part, I am able to rely on the extensive research conducted for the novel seasoned with the personal …