So, I’m not known for being political correct anyway, and this Memorial Day 2022 I’ll be remembering all those who have died in the unspoken wars – which it turns out is pretty much every-damn-body.
Jim Casey goes live walkabout again in downtown Huntsville starting at the Calhoun House historic marker where the last walkabout in this series left off. Watch the video for more commentary and information, and to see all the historic scenes in this remarkably small half-mile stretch in downtown Huntsville, Alabama.
This live walkabout in downtown Huntsville features Huntsville’s renown Spite House, Maria Howard Weeden, a desperado named Frank James the older brother of Jesse James no less, and the first Confederate Secretary of War Leroy Pope Walker who gave the word to fire upon Fort Sumter starting the Civil War.
This photographic essay of historic Maple Hill cemetery isn’t about the bigwigs buried there. During my stroll I tried to capture the ambience and serenity of life’s final stage, with a hopeful tincture for the beyond.
