July 27 = National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
July 28 = Buffalo Soldiers Day
“But when morning dawns upon the mountains, and the wide valleys are steeped in the shadows of the lofty pines, and nature seems to smile with her large, bright eye upon the world, the heart again revives. Revives in joy and peace with all those roseate recollections and inspiring dreams which beguile us of the ills of life.”
– by John Esten Cooke, Voices from the Hills: Selected Readings of Southern Appalachia
