The USS Mason arrives at Naval Station Mayport

Naval Station Mayport is the new home of a destroyer with a notable history. The USS Mason, which arrived yesterday from its previous home port of Norfolk, Virginia, is named in honor of the last ship to carry the Mason name, which was one of two Read More …

YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS, by Francis Pharcellus Church

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or Read More …