Posted in History, Just A Bite, On This Day, Postcards, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By mid-April three vessels were being readied for the passage to America: a 120-ton ship named Lyon, a flyboat, and a pinnace. When the little fleet finally set sail from Portsmouth on April 26, it was reported that 150 men had signed on as colonists, not counting wives and children and, apparently, some single women. [...]
Posted in On This Day, tagged raleigh nc, rev sun myung moon, shaw university divinity school, unification church on May 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On this day in 1985: The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, receives an honorary doctorate from Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh. Although school officials cite Moon’s humanitarianism, his resume also includes $60,000 in donations. “Anyone who makes a contribution has a right to be honored,” one board member contends. Moon’s [...]
