Stories from Monday, November 9, 2020

Veterans Day is a legal holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in World War I, then known as “the Great War.” ...

The life and athletic achievements of former Cherokee Brave track state champion, the late Steve Casey, are fondly remembered by a memorial bench dedicated to Steve sitting atop the hill near the finish line at the WHS track and field complex. The bench was created and donated by Steve Thomas of R.J. ...

Nov. 10 is a memorable and tragic day for many as it’s the 45th anniversary of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald so poignantly and wonderfully memorialized in song of the same name. SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29. In tribute, today we publish the lyrics of that emotional masterpiece created by that Canadian musical treasure, Gordon Lightfoot...

The Cherokee Quilt Batts recently presented five area Veterans with handmade Quilts of Valor. In 2003, a quilter named Catherine Roberts started the movement that became Quilts of Valor when her son was deployed in Iraq. Since that time, over 255,000 documented Quilts of Valor have been awarded, with many more being given unofficially. ...