Troy Moon

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ashley Ferrer |C. A. Bridges |Troy Moon

On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved Black people were finally told they were free. The date came 2½ years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the Civil War ended. In celebration of Black freedom in the United States, we celebrate Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day. Former President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

The immediate and biggest shock was the heat. Back home in rural Wicklow County, Ireland, the summer temperature averages 68 to 70 degrees in summer. But upon arrival to the United States and the Gulf Coast in August of 1967, newly ordained Roman Catholic priest Rev. Luke Hunt found himself smothered in something much more uncomfortable that a heavy black cassock. It was the heat. And, of course, the humidity.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

It's a tranquil little neighborhood village now. A snappy scarlet and gold Marine Corps flag sways in a humid breeze above one apartment in the small, welcoming property, where lush green grass gives way to small gardens of flowers and vegetables in some cases − tomatoes and peppers. There's a grassy common area near the back of the well-manicured Pensacola Veterans Village property where grills and smokers await the next brisket, ribs or pork butt.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

Desirea Sierra was an "All-American girl," her mom said. Only 11, Desirea, known as "Dez" was a cheerleader, played softball, participated in a few pageants and even played the clarinet. On March 8, 2000, Dez attended her first concert with her best friend Ciara Lewis and both their moms, singing along and screaming with thousands of others at the Britney Spears concert at the Pensacola Civic Center, now the Pensacola Bay Center. The moms had even rented a limo for the evening.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Troy Moon

His country had fallen. The enemy was approaching. South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 through 6, were in danger as the North Vietnamese moved on Saigon, and South Vietnam − the United States' ally in the Vietnam war − collapsed. Buang-Ly loaded his frightened family into a stolen two-seat Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and took off from Con Son Island located in the south of Vietnam and flew east.