Dallas Reese

Dallas Reese-Hilton Head Island, South Carolina This article accompanies a PowerPoint presentation on Lieutenant Colonel James Steen and the Steen Family of Chesterfield County South Carolina Gaffney Ledger Newspaper article from 2011 when a bridge over Thicketty Creek near Cowpens SC was dedicated in honor of my Sixth Great Grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel James Steen(progenitor of all the Steen Family in Chesterfield County SC) In the past few decades, I have researched and...

The pivotal role of the Carolinas (and Georgia) in securing the United States' freedom 250 years ago. 2026 is set to be a big year as America celebrates 250 years of Freedom. There will be celebrations and commemorations galore as we approach July 4th and the Semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. My goal is to educate and inform, and to tell the forgotten stories of the Carolinas (and Georgia, which played a much more minor but equally important role)...

Here we are—another Christmas. I’ve been reflecting on some heartfelt comments from friends—good, thoughtful folks who’ve admitted they no longer “feel” Christmas . One remembers the childhood excitement over gifts and candy fading away, replaced by a quiet guilt for not joining in the universal cheer everyone seems to expect. “Everybody loves Christmas!!! No, no, they don’t,” he said. Another has never bought into traditions, seeing holidays as meaningless obligations that...