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Remembering Solemn Grove and the frontier of courage
A look back to Solemn Grove Academy near the Bethesda church where Moore and Hoke counties produced notable figures. It recalls William Graham secretary of the navy under Fillmore and Gen Joseph Graham a Revolutionary War veteran. The piece travels to Alex Blue a Civil War dispatch rider whose act of mercy saved a wounded enemy.
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Aberdeen Road
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Solemn Grove Academy
Solemn Grove
William Graham
Navy
Fillmore
Grahams
Joseph Graham
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Raft Swamp
Fayetteville
Sandhills
Josephus Daniels
John Branch
Jackson
Graham
United States
Branch
Florida
Spain
George Ei. Badger
Harrison
Raleigh
United States Senate
James C. Dobbin
Washington
Cumberland County
Congress
Pierce
Wilson
Daniels
Carolina
Solemn Grove School
Alex Blue
Moore
Hoke
Blue