What was happening in Winston-Salem on a particular day of the year? Who are the memorable people who had a connection to Winston-Salem? This category describes a daily event and recognizes a person on their birthday for each day of the year. Travel through Winston-Salem’s history and see what was happening and who was making it happen on a daily basis.
While cleaning out the basement… This line could lead to many stories if your basement looks like mine. This is my latest discovery…a grocery bag from Mount Tabor Food Market. This bag lists two...
The winter of 1960 is recalled by seasoned Winston-Salem residents as the winter that it snowed…and snowed…and snowed! If you were living in Winston-Salem on February 13th, 60 years ago, you would have awaken...
August 27, 1998 was one of those red-letter days in Winston-Salem’s history. It was the day R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Factory #256, located on N. Chestnut Street, caught fire and burned. The fire...
Many of us have memories of shopping at Bocock-Stroud Company over the years. We might have bought books, toys, clothing, shoes, sporting goods, camera supplies, phonograph records, appliances, or any number of gift items. ...
Gail Davis and Dale Robertson visited Winston-Salem in May 1959 as guests of the rodeo. This was Robertson’s second appearance at Winston-Salem’s rodeo, since he also starred the previous year. It was also the second...
New shopping centers began appearing in North Carolina in 1949, when Cameron Village opened. Winston-Salem had the second shopping center in North Carolina, when Thruway Shopping Center opened in 1955. Soon, there were other shopping centers...
On this day in 1937, the cornerstone of a new building in Salem was unveiled. The building under construction was an ambitious project for the Wachovia Historical Society and it was coming to fruition,...
Dedication day for the new Groves Stadium, September 14th, 1968, was a hot, early fall day. It was called the “new” Groves Stadium because it was a new stadium for Wake Forest University and...
Farmer’s Dairy Bar opened on S. Stratford Road in 1954. The Dairy Bar occupied the front part of the building. A wing at the left, behind and perpendicular to the building, housed an A&P...
Fans of Hoot Gibson, the famous early western film star, flocked to the new Amuzu Theatre in August 1910 to see “The Flaming Frontier” and “King of the Rodeo.” The Amuzu opened at 116...
