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The children of Ted and Marilyn Jackson surprised their parents with dinner and birthday cakes on Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Ted Jr., Amber, and Gresha organized the party at a local restaurant in Bricktown for the Jackson’s grandchildren, nieces, nephews, sister, and brother-in-law to meet at the restaurant ahead of the arrival of the Jacksons. Upon arrival, of which the Ted and Marilyn had no idea, the group broke out with a birthday greeting to the incredibly surprised couple. Ted, who turned 70 in December was unable to celebrate because of Covid, and Marilyn, who will be 70 on July 20 have now crossed a big hurdle and joined the over 70 group along with her sister and brother-in-law the Nero’s.
Read moreOur good friend Jerry Summy put together a collection of stories written by folks about their growing up days in Horntown. Today we want to share one of these stories . . .
Read moreAUSTIN, TX—Open Table Methodist Church of The Open Door has bravely come out in support of all progressive positions that are popular with prominent politicians, media personalities, and society at large.
Read moreU.S.—Baseball has long been considered the national pastime of the United States, but many modern audiences now believe the sport is too slow-moving to be enjoyable since the sport takes a modicum of effort to follow and understand. Now surveys show that Americans’ favorite entertainment is the much faster-moving and varied entertainment of getting mad at stupid nonsense they read about online.
Read moreOn the eve of the Civil War in 1861 the Five Tribes had well-established homes and tribal governments in Indian Territory (I.T.). These five republics were forced to respond to the crisis in the United States when U.S. troops were withdrawn from I.T., leaving them vulnerable to the Confederacy. The tribes had little choice but to enter into agreements with Albert Pike, representative of the Confederate government. The Choctaw and Chickasaw were united in their support of the Confederacy, but the other three tribes either had an almost equal number of troops fighting on both sides or had more on the side of the Union, as was the case of the Cherokee. As the United States drew up the Reconstruction Treaties at the conclusion of the Civil War, it disregarded the fact that some tribe members had supported the Union. With pressure from Kansas and other midwestern states, politicians were determined to retaliate for the tribes support of the Confederacy.
Read moreThe Tulsa Remote Group is well on its way of completing their tour of the Thirteen Original Incorporated All-Black Towns. They have visited the towns of Taft, Tullahassee, Redbird, Rentiesville, Summit, Grayson, Clearview, Vernon, and Boley. On Saturday, the group visited the town of Langston and visited the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City where they toured the Oklahoma Black Towns exhibit and the Oklahoma African American “Realizing A Dream” section of the Oklahoma History Center. On July 24 , the group will make the three and one-half drive from Tulsa to visit the all-Black town of Tatums in the Chickasaw Nation. While in the area, they will explore other sites of Oklahoma. The last of the all- Black towns of Lima and Brooksville will complete their journey in August. Shirley Nero, historian, is the director and organizer of the tours.
Read moreIn our current era of woke politics and a blurring and morphing of the differences between males and females, are we losing sight of distinctly manly qualities? We believe we are, and these are very different than mere male characteristics.
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