During the Great Depression the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was an employment program created by President Roosevelt in 1935, Over its eight years of existence, the WPA put roughly 8.5 million Americans to work. The Federal agency employed tens of thousands of actors, musicians, writers and other artists to capture the essence of American life. […]
(Excerpt transcribed from The Daily Huntsville Confederate, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, Feb. 19, 1862) GREENE ACADEMY – The military feature is proposed to be introduced into this Institution, under the auspices of Mr. G. W. TURNER, who, we learn, has been in five battles in Missouri, including oak Hill and Lexington, having served in the […]
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