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Davie County native Isaac Enos Winfrey, a private in the 119th Infantry Regiment, was hunkering down for a rest in a trench near Ypres, Belgium, on August 31, 1918, when a German artillery shell made a direct hit on his position.

(Image: Medal of Honor Recipient Lawrence Joel)On November 8, 1965, Specialist/SFC Lawrence Joel of Winston-Salem, a Korean War veteran, began a routine patrol near Bien Hoa, Vietnam. Joel and his unit, the 1st Battalion of the 503rd Airborne Infantry, were ambushed by a Viet Cong battalion that outnumbered them six to one.

On June 12, 1886, James G. Hanes, founder of Hanes knitwear, was born in what’s now Winston-Salem.

Secretary Kluttz welcomed guests, with SECCA Foundation Chair Wesley Davis and SECCA Executive Director Mark Leach, to the preview of Graphic Design: Now in Production -- the first exhibit in over a decade to look comprehensively at the communications design sector. Sometimes it is not until we stop for a moment that we notice that design is all around us. It permeates our daily lives, influences our behavior and is defining the human experience as a strikingly visual one.

On a trip last week to Winston-Salem, Sec. Susan Kluttz joined N.C. Arts Council Director Wayne Martin to see first-hand how the arts are being used revitalize the local economy. She was in town to see how a small investment through the N.C. Arts Council's SmART Initiative pilot project is serving as a catalyst for an ambitious expansion of the Winston-Salem Theatre District and the unveiling of an arts-driven economic plan for the city's downtown.