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Be Glad We Do Not Live in a Democracy!

May 2, 2023 - In the U.S., we elect our leaders democratically – by popular vote.  But that is not what being a democracy is all about. Want to live in a democracy?  Visit Great Britain, or Canada, or Australia, or New Zealand.  Visit the European Union countries.  Those count...

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Anti-Gun Laws Fail – But Guns Work

April 6, 2023 - About 21,000 times each year, someone is killed by someone with a gun.   But well over 2,000,000 times each year, someone uses a gun defensively to prevent a criminal from carrying out his intentions. In 1993, a research study measured the prevalence of “defensive...

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Greenville’s history coming alive

March 11, 2023 - The Story of Greenville County, our history, is vital to the understanding of who we are.  As today, commerce has always led our story.  There is no separating Greenville’s story from our beginnings as a trade route to the interior of the colonies and on to a focused drover’...

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Kill a Dozen People?

March 11, 2023 - WARNING:  This sign may be the death of you. Criminals, of...

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Banned! Censored!

January 23, 2023 - Like many movies, it was adapted from a book. The year was 1942.  Europe – and the world – was embroiled in the Second World War.  Germany, Italy, Japan, and t...

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Banned! Censored!

December 20, 2022 - Like many movies, it was adapted from a book. The year was 1942.  Europe – and the world – was embroiled in the Second World War.  Germany, Italy, Japan, and their allies (the “Axis”) had started the war, but by 1942 were mostly on the defensive.  Br...

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Moonville Mae says Merry Christmas from Piedmont!

December 20, 2022 - Piedmont Historical Preservation Society is participating in the Duke Power World of Energy Festival of Trees at the Oconee site.  Visit the World of Energy in December and vote for ou...

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Backcountry Law after the Revolution

October 17, 2022 - The fact that the Constitution of the United States was signed five years after the Backcountry opened up to legal settlement is an important statement to Greenville residents and historians.  By 1787 a primitive government was operating in Greenville County and later Washington District (no...

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You Only Get One Chance to Make a First Impression

September 19, 2022 - This was a bit of a conversation while waiting for a meeting to begin, with a mother of two teenage girls: “It has been nice to see young girls dressing nicely, this summer.  They really seem to care about their appearance.  The grunge look is finally behind us,” I s...

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