My family and I enjoyed a beautiful day for honoring and remembering our true American heroes at a lovely ceremony held in Historic Oakwood Cemetery’s Field of Honor before a standing-room-only crowd.  The ceremony included music by the NCSU Pipes and Drums, the presentation of colors, laying of the wreath, Taps, and a moving keynote address by General Dan K. McNeill, Retired.

I was able to capture a great video of the presentation of colors by the N.C. Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Raleigh Chapter Color Guard.

Really!

There are signs of spring everywhere.  The birds are chirping like crazy, there are so many wonderful fragrant scents in the air, and flowers, bushes, and trees are budding and blooming.  Now, if we could just get the local weathermen to cooperate and keep those wintry words out of their forecasts.

Come on.  It’s March already.  In the South.  We’re ready for everything to be covered in yellow pollen, not sleet.

Historic Oakwood is Halloween Central for Raleigh, and the neighborhood goes all out with treats and tricks.  Dry ice, live zombies, and elaborate, ghoulish decorations await the hundreds and hundreds of trick-or-treaters who walk the streets of Oakwood on Halloween.  These are a few of the scenes from Halloween 2013 in Downtown Raleigh, the majority of which were taken at Jesse Jones’ infamous “Halloween House” on Oakwood Avenue.

And even a few short videos: