Veterans

Work is in progress to rename East Main Street in Robbinsville “Veteran Hill.” Here, the street is decked out with U.S. flags and memorials for Memorial Day Weekend. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Work is in progress to rename East Main Street in Robbinsville “Veteran Hill.” Here, the street is decked out with U.S. flags and memorials for Memorial Day Weekend. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Work in progress to rename East Main Street

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Robbinsville – East Main Street in Robbinsville could be renamed in honor of Graham County veterans. Debbie Beasley, a Robbinsville alderman and chairman of the Robbinsville Tourism Authority, told the authority’s board on May 31 that work is in progress to rename the street Veteran Hill.

4-H places flags for freedom

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Robbinsville – In anticipation of Veterans Day, Graham County’s 4-H Leadership Club recently turned East Main Street into a street of flags, all the way from Rodney Orr Bypass to downtown Robbinsville.
World War II veteran Mel Greene joined Ladies for Liberty (from left) Wanda R. Martin, Deanna Hampton, Nancy Cheak on-stage at the Stecoah Valley Center on Sunday. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

World War II veteran Mel Greene joined Ladies for Liberty (from left) Wanda R. Martin, Deanna Hampton, Nancy Cheak on-stage at the Stecoah Valley Center on Sunday. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Ladies for Liberty visit Stecoah

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Stecoah – Ladies for Liberty, a singing group specializing in nostalgic and patriotic tunes, visited the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center on Sunday at the behest of Mel Greene, past president of the 82nd Airborne Division.