Articles Tagged ‘anniversary’
Victims’ Families: Shannan Gilbert Was Murdered
FULL STORY: Victims’ Families Say Shannan Gilbert Was Murdered
Huntington Historical Society Opens Special Civil War Exhibit For Anniversary
The Huntington Historical Society will open a special Civil War exhibit at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building on Tuesday in honor of the 150…
“The Day the Music Died” Remembered
Today, 51 years ago, was “The Day the Music Died,” the phrase immortalized in American folk singer/songwriter Don McLean’s 1972 hit “American Pie.”
The tune has been called a metaphor for the loss of innocence in America, inspired by, and about, the untimely deaths of rock and rollers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, Jr. They were killed in a plane crash Feb. 3, 1959 along with the plane’s pilot, Roger Paterson, in a snowy field in the middle of Iowa just a short while after 1 a.m.
