Capturing Oral History: More Important Than Ever
Picturing The Past
Last updated 1/7/2021 at 2:43pm
We cannot dismiss the value of the oral history that still fills these mountains, if we dare to ask, dare to listen. As my father, Keith Parker, and I wrote to "Stand on Solid Ground: A Civil War Novel Based on Real People and Events," we not only based the story on historical documents and records, but a wealth of the story's personal touches are reflections of oral history. Personal interactions and interviews with descendants of individuals whose ancestors founded and built this community helped paint a more vivid picture. Mary Galyon, now 93, whose genealogical research offered deep ins...
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