Haley Cone

Thanksgiving is right around the corner and my favorite tradition is to t urn the T.V on to the Macys Thanksgiving Parade and start getting ready for a day full. I love to see all the different kind of floats, bands, marches, and just the energy of the parade gets me so excited and ready to kick start the holidays. The parade wasn’t originally sponsored by Macys but by the Philadelphia’s Gimbel Brothers General Store. According to The History channel  The First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade and Fobes The Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade 2016 By the Numbers ,”  the parade started out with 50 people, 15 cars, and firemen dressed as Santa Clause.” Who knew that just under 100 years of having the parade that there are now 26 floats, 8,000 participants, and 19 music acts.  The parade has evolved so much over the years and continues to grow. The parade contains so much history and hold so many traditions that I hope last for many more year. I know that I grew up watching the pa...

I am interested in if they are going to close the Alamo. This is a historic landmark that the foundation of Texas history is built on. The Alamo is in the heart of downtown San Antonio and it has been standing since 1836.  Although it has had to have some help with something to keep thing safe for the tourist. I grew up in San Antonio it I remember when I was in Elementary school being so excited for the Alamo field trip. It would be so sad and outrage so many people if it were to close. Change is never easy with the Alamo  by Josh Brodesky.  The article is about the contoverse of whether the city of San Antonio should shut down the Alamo or not. Brodesky gives us facts about the history of the Alamo and the significance of it importance to San Antonio. The battle of the Alamo shaped the way Texas is and how we stand our grounds. "This reality puts certain spin on the emotional debate about how the Alamo should evolve." As politics run through the courts and take over f...

November 5, 2017 was almost a year ago this will be a day that my home town will never forget. I can still hear the sirens of emergency vehicles, helicopters flying over, seeing news reports all over social media pop up, text and calls come in asking if everyone was okay. Coming from a small-town hearing gun shots isn’t a big deal especially in the fall (its deer season), but these were no ordinary gun shots. There was a thickness in the air that day, it was kind of gloomy and over cast. These will be the memories that I will never forget, but these memories are nothing compared to what the local hero Stephen Willieford and everyone affected directly had to experience.  It was a casual Sunday morning in the fall, everyone was at church or headed to lunch with the family. Willieford had been going to the Church of Christ in San Antonio, Texas, but he lives across the street from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Williford and his wife decided to stay h...