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27-05-2025
- General
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Korean War 75th anniversary ceremony will be held at Brevard College
BREVARD — The Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas and the Korea Center of Greenville will host a Korean War 75th Anniversary Ceremony at 2 p.m. June 21 at Brevard College. The ceremony will honor the 1.8 million Americans who fought in Korea during that brutal three-year war, as well as the 2.5 million U.S. service members who have deployed to South Korea to keep the peace since the end of the war to today. The ceremony will feature speaker presentations as well as Korean cultural performances and door prizes. Dr. Peter S. Yun is a retired economics professor from the University of Virginia. He will speak on the topic 'A Boy Who Survived the War.' As an abandoned child in war-torn Korea, Yun was adopted by a U.S. Army heavy mortar company and accompanied that unit in combat as a camp assistant for two years. Following the war he served in the Korean Air Force. He later was brought to America by a U.S. Air Force chaplain. Yun earned three degrees from American universities and has contributed a life of service as an educator and ordained minister. Lt. Gen. John M. Brown III, U.S. Army (Ret.), is a Silver Star recipient who has served as Commander of U.S. Army Pacific. He will speak on the topic 'Reflections on the U.S.-South Korea Alliance.' Brown served on the Korean DMZ as Executive Officer of the 1st Battalion, 38th Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division. His command experience also included assignments in Germany, Bosnia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Honduras and Alaska. He later served as Chief of Staff and Dean of Administration at the National Defense University. More: On Veterans Day, Hendersonville honored those who served with ceremony at Forest Lawn Park Following the speakers, two performances have been arranged by Sara Yoon of the Korea Center of Greenville, South Carolina. The Korea School Children's Choir will sing "Arirang," which anyone who has visited Korea will cherish, and the Korean Dance Team of Atlanta will perform the Korean Fan Dance. A speakers' reception will conclude the event, including Korean finger-food catered by Stone Bowl House Restaurant in Brevard. The ceremony will also be livestreamed on Facebook. The recorded program will also be available later at or Visit to enter your name for a door prize. This article originally appeared on Hendersonville Times-News: Korean War 75th anniversary ceremony will be held at Brevard College
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Travel + Leisure
13-05-2025
- Science
- Travel + Leisure
This Western North Carolina National Forest Is One of the Only Places to Spot Rare Blue Ghost Fireflies—and You Can Only See Them for a Limited Time
There are more than 2,400 species of fireflies in the United States. While most people are familiar with the sporadic twinkling of the more common species or may have heard about synchronized firefly displays, there's a unique phenomenon only visible in parts of the southern Appalachian mountains that many have not heard of or seen. Pisgah National Forest, near Brevard, North Carolina, is one of the few places blue ghost fireflies—a rare species that gives off a continuous blue glow—call home. 'Instead of the stereotypical blink, they will stay lit for a few seconds,' explains Clinton Wickers, site manager at the Cradle of Forestry in Pisgah National Forest, operated by nonprofit Find Outdoors. 'It literally looks like a blue ghost or kind of an eerie, small, blue light that's floating through the woods, almost leaving a trail.' The lights from the Blue Ghost fireflies. A firefly's light is used during mating season, which typically happens in late spring and early summer. Males and females signal to each other through a pattern or series of flashes to find a match, but females of the Phausis reticulata species don't fly. Males hover low to the ground as a result, illuminated for a few seconds to a minute at a time, while females on the ground signal back, creating what looks like a floating floor of wavering blue light. 'It looks like elves that are carrying the lights through the forest,' Dr. Jennifer Frick-Ruppert, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Brevard College has said of the effect previously. 'It's hard to believe it is real.' Frick-Ruppert found blue ghost fireflies on her property and didn't know what they were, which led to researching and publishing her findings in 2008, vaulting the little-known insect to relatively modest fame. What makes blue ghost fireflies even more mysterious is that they are next to impossible to capture on camera. 'Don't expect to get any pictures of the fireflies,' says Wickers, explaining that specialized photography equipment is needed to try to snag a shot. In pictures, blue ghost fireflies will look green. However, as Wickers shares, because the light these fireflies give off is so intense, it appears blue to the human eye. If you're hoping to catch sight of the blue ghost fireflies, the window to see them each year is short and it's best to take a guided tour so you don't disturb or destroy their habitat. This year, Find will host tours through the Cradle of Forestry on select dates from May 19 to June 7. Advance tickets are required and Wickers says they typically sell out. Expect to arrive by 8:45 p.m. for a short educational program before heading out on the Forest Festival Trail, a roughly 1.3-mile paved route. Bring a flashlight with a red light to help guide you as a traditional one or your cell phone's light will interfere with the fireflies. And then, be patient. 'We suggest what folks do is turn off their lights and stop and look into the woods to their left or right, and just stand there for a few minutes,' Wickers advises. 'And see if anything happens.'
