Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Bush have made speeches there. Elvis played there annually. The Coliseum's newness contrasts with the venerable War Memorial Stadium, the oldest minor league park in America. Those who attend Greensboro Bats games say no finer place exits on a lazy summer night in the South than the old ball yard on Yanceyville Street. Natives occasionally still make fun of people from the North, but not maliciously.
Northern natives feel comfortable in Greensboro.
They arrive figuring they'll hate the place. But once here, many pass up chances to go back North. The newcomers like the neighborhoods, the slower pace, the parks, such as Bryan Park with its two 18-hole golf courses, and the long grassy Latham and Lake Daniel parks in the heart of the city. Gen. Greene was one of them, a Yankee, from Rhode Island. He came South to fight a war.