Union Station Grand Re-Opening
After years of hearing about plans to refurbish the Union Train Station at 300 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the opening date of the station is close…this Saturday! Come see the refurbished station and...
Tagged: September 7
September 7: Happy Birthday! Irvin Washington Grogan Sr.
Irvin Washington Grogan Sr. was born on this day in 1886, in Virginia, to Lafayette Smith and Sallie Griggs Grogan. He came to Winston-Salem in 1913, and worked for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company...
September 7, 2012: Special Recognition for Whitaker School
On this day in 2012, Whitaker Elementary School was recognized as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School. The school was one of 269 schools in the country, and one of nine in North Carolina,...