Bart Walker, Rutherford County’s Good Neighbor Station WGNS Radio, November 14, 2015
WARNING: Don’t Be Hood-Winked Into Changing History
Don’t Cover-Up Local History
Speaker Barbara Marthal
The Rutherford County Historical Society’s Annual Banquet was a “wake-up call” for those who are trying to hood-wink some into changing history and being “politically correct”.
Barbara’s talk included reading names of African-American males who not only fought to preserve the South, but afterwards they applied for their pension as Confederate soldiers.
She said, “Nobody made them fight, they believed in our Southern Heritage, just as I do. And for those who try to change history, they need to study the facts, instead of saying our African-American forefathers were idiots. That’s basically what you’re saying when you try to cover-up and change history.”
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After Marthal’s talk, the annual awards were presented.
Awards
- Robert A. Ragland Award: presented to Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Tolbert
- Lifetime Achievement Award: presented to Shirley F. Jones
- Matheny Award: presented to Frank Caperton
- Cannonsburgh Award: presented to Greg Tucker
- Appreciation of Service Award: presented to Bruce Johnson
Memorials
The Saturday evening banquet at Carriage Lane Inn on Burton Street also remembered members who passed away during the year.
- Nell Blankenship
- Clarence Edward Elkins, Jr.
- King Wells Jamison, Jr.
- Nollie Jenne
- Nancy Jones McNabb
- Mary Alice Ray
- Kathy Perry Uselton
