Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin today announced the introduction of a new United States Postal Service stamp commemorating West Virginia’s 150th birthday. Thomas J. Marshall, General Counsel and Executive Vice President for the Postal Service, will join the governor on the Capitol steps to dedicate the stamp during the official Sesquicentennial Ceremony June 20 at 1:50…
Dr. Christopher M. White, an associate professor of Latin American history and director of graduate studies in the history department at Marshall University, has written a book that provides the reader with a new roadmap of world history, according to one reviewer. A Global History of the Developing World is a 288-page book that will…
In celebration of West Virginia’s 150th birthday the Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) has unveiled a new marketing video to get people excited about visiting the area during the celebration. The video’s main character, Abraham Lincoln, visits local Charleston hot spots, cruises Capitol Street with Mayor Danny Jones and dines in specialty restaurants, all…
Food and family went hand in hand growing up as a Figaretti. My grandparents, Giuseppe and Anna, came to the U.S. from Sicily and lived in Clarksburg where my grandfather was a coal miner. In 1944, my grandmother started making spaghetti sauce for her neighbors.