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3639
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Seventy thousand of the state's 125,000 Confederate soldiers were returned to the state for burial. To date, 16,000 of these graves have been located. The graves are maintained in honor of those who died in the tragic conflict.
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The Battle of Gettysburg was the largest battle fought in North America. Tar Heel troops made up thirty-two regiments, and one in every four soldiers lost in the fighting was from the state.
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Sparta, county seat of Alleghany County, has twice risen from devastating fires - in 1933 and 1986. Christmas trees and the nation's largest smoking-pipe factory bolster the economy. Also contributing are many shops, outdoor activities, and the town's old-time mountain feel, which attracts tourists.
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Eight working lakes, providing services including power generation and flood control, span the foothills from Wilkes County to the South Carolina border. One of the most well-known is Lake Lure. The lakes also provide such recreational activities as boating and fishing.
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The delicate art of taxidermy is profiled as seen through the eyes of the artist, Bob Driver; the instructor, Ralph Garland; the biologist, Jim Williams; and the collector, Nancy Hall.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 33, Aug 1998,
p24-27, 29, 30, il
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Mount Pleasant in Cabarrus County, population 1,400, blends historical preservation with the present. First called Mount Comfort in the late 1700s, the town contains many historical buildings and churches as well as a modern medical center, library, and high school.
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Each of the state's one hundred county courthouses is filled with stories of fascinating events that occurred there. In Jackson County, in 1914, for example, a local car dealer drove a Model T Ford up the building's 107 steps to prove that his product could climb the mountain roads.
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Once known as Baird's Forge and later as Lovelady, Granite Falls, in Caldwell County, was incorporated May 1, 1889. It is marking its one hundredth anniversary with a year full of special festivities and ceremonies.
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Cherry Point is home to the second-largest Marine Corps air base in the world. Over 8,400 Marines and sailors are stationed there. Civilian workers number 5,700. The base adds $600 million yearly to the state's economy.
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Established in November, 1861, the Confederate Salisbury Prison held as many as 10,000 captured Union troops in an area designed for 2,500. Food, clothing, and sanitary conditions were miserable and got worse as the war continued. Salisbury Prison was destroyed in April, 1865, by Union troops who liberated it. A recent symposium, held in Salisbury in July, 1988, brought together scholars, scientists, and descendants of prison guards and POWs.
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The Battle of Bentonville in Johnston County, fought in the spring of 1865, was the last great battle of the Civil War and the largest ever fought in North Carolina. On March 18-19, 2000, around 3,500 reenactors with twenty artillery pieces will recreate parts of the battle in observance of its 135th anniversary.
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4486
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Over 50,000 individuals in North Carolina and around the world participate in recreating the Civil War period with historical accuracy in dress and battles. The participants are drawn to reenacting through a love of history, the chance to play on opposing sides to gain the opponent's perspective, camaraderie, family participation, and the spiritual aspect of being where family members fought or died.
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Among the more familiar locations of beautiful Christmas decorations are Old Salem, Biltmore, and McAdenville. There are other colorful places if one knows where to look, including the Woodfield Inn in Flat Rock, Chinqua-Penn Plantation near Reidsville, and the holly, jolly gators along Cove Creek near Lake Waccamaw.
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A number of North Carolina citizens participate in recreating the Revolutionary War period with historical accuracy in dress and battle. Reenacting can be expensive, with uniforms and accessories costing thousands of dollars. Revolutionary War reenactments, having between 300 and 500 participants, are smaller than Civil War ones, which can have thousands.
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Because North Carolina's coastline has so many penetrable openings, a number of wartime forts were constructed to protect the interior. Hodge describes a number of these forts, including forts Branch, Raleigh, Anderson, Macon, and Fisher.
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