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13783
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Young William Tryon's letters indicate that perhaps his gift of a North Carolina panther moved the King of England to approve his plans for the New Bern Capitol building.
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15288
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March marks the beginning of the North Carolina Garden Club's third annual spring pilgrimage to the historic homes and lavish gardens across the State. The pilgrimage covers gardens in 26 communities across the state and will also open the doors of the most famous of the state's pre-revolutionary and colonial homes to the public such as Tryon and Orton Plantation.
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15658
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deLue, the travel editor of the Boston Globe, continues his trip through eastern North Carolina, this time stopping in the historic city of New Bern to visit Tryon Palace. Here he learned from restoration experts the detective work it took to discover how the Palace was built and how it really looked.
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Governor Josiah Martin, the state's last royal governor, lived in Tryon Palace when the American Revolution began. The governor made a critical error in not destroying the supplies at Tryon, instead burying them to be discovered by the rebels who desperately needed the powder and guns.
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The North Carolina History Center gains a new exhibit--the Duffy Gallery--featuring recent acquisitions made to Tryon Palace and designed to show how and what the historic site collects. The exhibit represents materials vital to relating the stories of North Carolinians from the distant, and not-so-distant, past.
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Staff at Tryon Palace in New Bern play a key role in preserving the state's history through education programs and the re-creation of traditions.
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18976
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David Stone is a real-life blacksmith. In an interview with Carl Herko, Stone discusses his work at Tryon Palace where he not only helps interpret North Carolina history, but actually creates as a smith as well.
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Recently the Tryon Palace staff have found that a portrait of Mrs. Margaret Tryon is located in a house museum in Norwich, England. Mrs. Tryon being a figure of great interest, is one of few women in North Carolina for which a state county is named--Wake.
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19027
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A unique Christmas tradition at Tryon Palace is Jonkonnu. A blend of English, African, and Caribbean holiday and spiritual traditions brought to North Carolina by slaves, Jonkonnu celebrations at Tryon include parades and songs.
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19028
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The North Carolina History Education Center will soon include the New Bern waterfront, which has been an important part of North Carolina's commercial and recreational history.
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19031
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When the Tryon Palace Commission formed in 1945 it had many allies, one of which was the forerunner of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Farmer recounts the evolution of Tryon Palace's partnership with the DOT.
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19046
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Although there is much information on William Tryon and his family, there is little on Tryon Palace's architect, John Hawks. Researchers at Tryon Palace are attempting to piece together Hawks' history.
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19048
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A recent research project at Tryon Palace is exploring the history of African-American artisans in New Bern from the American Revolution to the turn of the 20th-century. Due to the city's tradition of craftsmanship and strong African American heritage, New Bern offers the opportunity to document this unique artistic tradition.
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19977
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Part eight in this series looks at post-Revolutionary War New Bern and how the revolution affected the town and its citizens. Specifically the author discusses the loss of early newspapers and also the declining educational system immediately following the war. An empty Tryon Palace was also further evidence of the town's declining stature following war and the loss of its title of state capital.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 23 Issue 4, Oct 1946,
p495-535, f
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Colonial mapmaker Claude Sauthier made two maps of Tryon Palace for the British crown in 1769. These maps have been used to accurately locate missing features prior, but there are questions with regards to the formal gardens. The maps were made more than a year before Tryon Palace's completion in 1770 and shows plans for the gardens moved during construction.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 79 Issue 3, July 2002,
p327-346 , il, map, f
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