Wilford Kale

3 weeks ago | dailypress.com | Wilford Kale

Bob Barrett began his association with Gerald Ford in 1974 when he became his Army presidential military aide and ended 50 years later with a personal memoir, “Inside the President’s Team: Family, Service, and the Gerald Ford Presidency” (Pegasus Books, 224 pgs., $29.95 hardcover).

4 weeks ago | dailypress.com | Wilford Kale

WILLIAMSBURG — Ken Burns did not realize America was on the eve of its 250th anniversary when he started planning “The American Revolution” documentary, portions of which were previewed here Tuesday night. “Honestly, it didn’t dawn on me. After our World War II series in 2006, we just naturally flowed into the Vietnam War and in 2015 we just felt, let’s do the American Revolution,” the famed documentary filmmaker said.

4 weeks ago | dailypress.com | Wilford Kale

JAMES CITY — Students at Clara Byrd Baker Elementary School recently held a food drive that resulted in more than 3,000 donations — “a huge result” — that will all to go to FISH Inc., a local charity for those in need. “Our student leaders were so excited about the food drive,” said Alison Grygalonis, a technology teacher at the school who co-coordinated the project with school counselor Ashley Green.

1 month ago | dailypress.com | Wilford Kale

WILLIAMSBURG — Unbeknown to parishioners and the public, Bruton Parish Church officials hung a new plaque explaining an existing Civil War-era tablet that honors dead Confederate soldiers from the 1862 Battle of Williamsburg. The installation took place without ceremony Wednesday morning inside the church on Duke of Gloucester Street, according to the Rev. Christopher L. Epperson, Bruton Parish’s rector. No installation program is planned.

1 month ago | dailypress.com | Wilford Kale

McCarthyism of the early 1950s was the height of postwar anti-communism in America as Sen. Joseph McCarthy lambasted government agencies and the U.S. Army for being hot beds of communists. Those of us who were alive during the Red Scare knew that various attempts were made to publicly chastise McCarthy, but it took the country’s most distinguished journalist, Edward R. Murrow of CBS News, using McCarthy’s own words in the accompanying film, to show who he really was.