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Stories of Pine Forest: Incinerators, Klan Crosses, Family Love and Mulberry Trees

Posted on April 6, 2018 | 1 comment

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The Ku Klux Klan burnt a cross in front of her family’s little woodframe house.

The Clydo Road incinerator burnt as much as 120 tons of trash every day. Donna recalls the black smoke pouring through the trees.

Another Lebanese family, the Johns, lived in the three-story rambling house at 5724.

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The Trials and Tribulations of Mount Vernon Motor Lodge

Posted on January 31, 2018 | Leave a comment

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Click below for the full story. Why did police Taser the naked man in the middle of Philips Highway? What would George Washington think of a motel modeled after his plantation house? And where did that peace dove fly off to?

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