Category: History

Rick Patrick, Greene Publishing, Inc. For many people throughout the south, the traditional New Year’s Day meal has changed little over the years. Black eyed peas, greens (turnips, collards, mustards, and in…

Photos Submitted Painting from The Illustrated London News, Jan. 9, 1915, depicting the unofficial “Christmas Truce” that took place between warring soldiers at Christmas in 1914. British and German troops meeting in…

Photos Submitted The Madison High School band performs in the 1979 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Madison High School band marches through the streets of New York City during the 1979 Macy’s…

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Rick Patrick October 21, 2016 The monument dedicated to the memory of Madison’s Confederate dead stands in Four Freedoms Park. Rick Patrick, Greene Publishing, Inc. Standing among…

Rick Patrick – Greene Publishing, Inc. “Armistice Day’ was first commemorated in November, 1919, marking the first anniversary of the cease-fire that effectively brought an end to World War I or “The…

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Rick Patrick, October 21, 2016 The Four Freedoms Monument commemorates the four fundamental freedoms that President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke of in his Jan. 6, 1941 State…

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Rick Patrick, October 21, 2016 The historic Wardlaw-Smith-Goza Conference Center (The Smith Mansion) has been the site of several paranormal occurrences. Built in 1860, the building was…

Rick Patrick, Greene Publishing, Inc. It wasn’t a planed event, well not entirely anyway. It was just one of those completely spontaneous moments caught on film by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt, that would…

Rick Patrick Greene Publishing, Inc. It seems appropriate that the Treasures of Madison County Museum is located in a historic building in downtown Madison. The W.T. Davis Building, which currently houses the…

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Rick Patrick, September 28, 2016 Long Staple Cotton by artist George Snow Hill decorates the Madison Post Office. This is one of two post office murals by…

Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Emerald G. Parsons, September 20, 2016 Jim Stanley stands next to the extremely rare 1919 Dodge Brothers hearse on display at the Beggs Museum. Greene Publishing, Inc….

    Rick Patrick Greene Publishing, Inc. Dec. 10, 1941, as the rain fell on San Marcelino on the Philippine island of Luzon, a group of young men waited on orders.  Among…

Photo Submitted Up With People Cast E 1979 sang for community leaders on the courthouse steps before hitting the road in Feb., 1979. Photo Submitted Up With People cast members were heading…

Rick Patrick Greene Publishing, Inc. In 1898, the President of the United States was William McKinley, the Spanish/American War had begun and the first automobile in history was sold.  At that time,…

Selina Iglesias: Greene Publishing, Inc. Miccosukee Native American chief, John Hicks, also known as Tuckose Emathla, was a prominent Indian leader during the First and Second Seminole Wars, from 1818-1835. Following the…

Selina Iglesias Greene Publishing, Inc. Throughout history, quilts have provided us with relaxation, warmth, memories and even storytelling. The patches on a quilt can tell a unique story about an event, family…

Selina Iglesias Greene Publishing, Inc. This article is dedicated to just some of the many Confederate soldiers in Madison County who served their country during the Civil War: John W. Brady was…

Emma Witmer Greene Publishing, Inc. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – Shakespeare A name is one of the biggest…

Selina Iglesias Greene Publishing, Inc. Beginning in the second half of the 16th century, Spain established a number of missions throughout Florida in order to convert the population of Native Americans to…