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38206
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In celebration of the magazine’s golden anniversary was acknowledging100 events, spanning over two centuries, which affected Charlotte. Included was George Washington’s visit (1791); gold’s discovery (1799); James K. Polk’s election as president (1845); Charlotte Female Institute’s founding (1857); Charlotte becoming a music recording hub (1936-1940); NoDa arts district’s founding (1990s); the election of Pat McCrory, the first Charlotte mayor to become governor (2012); election of Vi Lyle, the first black female to become mayor (2017).
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Sugar Creek--Charlotte; Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence; Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845; Queens University of Charlotte; Civil War; Alexander, Annie Lowrie, 1864-1929; Red Shirt Movement ; The Flood of 1916--Charlotte ; Camp Greene--History; Graham, Billy; Golden, Harry, 1902-1981; Cash, W.J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1900-1941; Hawkins, Reginald, 1923-2007; Gantt, Harvey, 1943-; Latinos; NoDa; McCrory, Patrick Lloyd, 1956-
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35504
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NC's celebration of the US’ birthday wasn’t confined on ship. It also involved cruising by places on land that showcased NC’s contribution to America’s history. There were towns such as Edenton, Bath, and New Bern. It included dwellings like Orton Plantation, the Benjamin Wright House, and Tryon Palace. Also were landmarks such as the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Wright Brothers Memorial, and Blockade Runner Museum.
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38134
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This museum in Tarboro, opened in 2004, is more than a way to honor Edgecombe veterans from wars spanning the American Revolution to Middle East conflicts. It offers a way of life across the centuries and all military branches. Its 30,000 plus gems include bayonets, Civil War battle flags, a restored WWII jeep, samurai swords, Nazi helmets, and 1,000 photographs.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 6, December 2018,
p30-32
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27899
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Major General Lawrence O’Bryan Branch, was one of the South’s most promising military and potential political leaders. As the Civil War progressed, Confederate forces suffered a shortage of officers and Branch was given command of a North Carolina brigade comprising five regiments. After the Battle of New Bern and numerous skirmishes, Branch was killed on the battlefield of Sharpsburg.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 5 Issue 1, May 1992,
p12-19, il, bibl
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38151
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Childhood contact with government officials, along with marriage to a man with a post in the US State Department, made Rose O’Neal Greenhow apt for her role in the Civil War. As a slave owner and staunch anti-abolitionist, she was a natural fit as a Confederate spy. Even during her 1861 house arrest, she shared the Union Army’s secrets with top military brass in Richmond. Ranking within the Confederate government and a government post abroad, along with her memoir’s publication, assured that her death by sea would not sink Greenhow to obscurity.
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Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864; Civil War; Civil War--spies; Slavery; Anti-abolitionists; Greenhow, Maria Rosetta O'Neal, 1814-1864; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893; Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895; Blockade runners; CONDOR (blockade runner); Oakdale Cemetery (Wilmington); Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891
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24458
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The author presents women from North Carolina during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and how they participated in protecting their state and property. For example, some women spied on British troops for American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
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35691
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Its original name was the “Meeting House”: its latter name, Cape Fear Baptist Church, inspired by the nearby stream. A Colonial construction, this church in Gray’s Creek was touted as one of the first erected in Cumberland County. Its value was also asserted by an illustrious history: a temporary hospital and bivouac site for General Sherman’s troops.
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34656
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William Forstchen’s novel “One Second After” focuses on a fictional post-apocalyptic event that takes place in Black Mountain, North Carolina. After an electromagnetic pulse devastates the entire United States, the small town reverts to a militaristic, patriarchal society that secludes itself from the rest of the world. Amende notes the “Southern” traditions that the town leaders continuously attribute to their success of survival: Christian political and religious beliefs, military values, and keeping away “outsiders”.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, 2014,
p68-77, il, por, f
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37381
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A self-described “treasure hunter” has a collection that has made Washington a site for discovering and rediscovering treasure and treasured possessions. Pictures of his unburied treasure included a Spanish silver real coin from the 18th century and an epaulette from the 19th century. Proving treasure doesn’t have to be relic aged was a class ring, belonging to a soldier deployed in Iraq, who recovered his ring as a result of local Junius Swain’s discovery.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 8 Issue 3, May/June 2019,
p40-43
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34657
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Charles W. Chestnutt was one of the few African Americans to make their way into the white publishing circuit. His work was highly critical of white abuse and power struggle of the South, which Baggett argues is the reason his work was not as far-reaching or successful as Booker T. Washington, another highly regarded African American writer at time.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, 2014,
p80-94, il, por, f
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34682
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After the success of Cold Mountain, the novel written by Charles Frazier, composer Jennifer Higdon decided to rework it into an opera. After almost a decade of planning, writing, and music composition, Cold Mountain opened with major success. It was also the winner of the International Opera Award in 2016 and nominated for two Grammy Awards.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 26 Issue , 2017,
p8-20, il, por, f
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35773
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The author asserted the home, with grounds declared a historic site by the Federal Government, belied significance on many levels. Personal significance was illustrated in the builder naming the house after a town in Ireland. Personal significance can be perceived in the appreciated beauty of Western North Carolina that encouraged the Sandburgs’ move from Michigan. As for its historical significance, that can be gauged in its construction during the antebellum period and the original owner’s position as treasurer for the Confederacy.
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35756
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The author provided a Dare County guide with information about the county celebrating its quadricentennial. Cited were the Lost Colony’s history and historic landmarks like Kittyhawk. Described were must see sites like Cape Hatteras, must do recreation like hang gliding off of Jockey’s Ridge; and must visit towns like Southern Shores. As pictorial accompaniment was a hand drawn map of Manteo depicting its historical homes like the Meekins house, businesses like The Old Bank Building, and event sites like the Battle of Burnside.
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35400
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The third in a series of relatively unknown oceanic escapades that took place during the early Civil War focused on the maritime blockades by Beaufort natives Captain John Beveridge and Josiah Pender, as well as Harker’s Island natives Matthew Goodring and Lieutenant Whittle. While in command of the CSS Nashville, Beveridge and Pender successfully executed four blockades in 1862. That same year, Goodring and Whittle had one successful blockade.
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36563
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Traditionally, lands unfenced meant lands were free for anyone, owners and not, to use for hunting, fishing, and grazing. The Civil War, with its attendant population growth and rise of commercial farming, helped to bring about fencing laws and end to open range. Pictured was the type of fence that dotted the Appalachian landscape by the 1890s.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 11, November 2016,
p122
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