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Abstract:
The Moravians took the lead in the first celebration of the Fourth of July, and it was a day of genuine thanksgiving for them. The Gemein House (Congregation House) in Salem, erected in 1770, was the location of the first Fourth of July Celebration in North Carolina.
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An old, live oak in Wilmington is the largest living Christmas tree in the United States. Every year, the tree which is thought to date back to the 17th-century, is decorated with 1,200 vari-colored lights and many thousands of ornaments.