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22765
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North Carolina has rich African American history, but only after the Civil Rights Movement did local and state monuments begin to publicly commemorate this history. Architectural historian, Catherine Bishir, identifies many important African American monuments in the state and explains that the time-period during which they were constructed can tell us much about the state's past.
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North Carolina history is remembered across the state through historical markers, statues, and plaques. Williams discusses a number of monuments, including those remembering U.S. Presidents from North Carolina, Civil War governor Zebulon Vance, and the \"Greensboro Four,\" who launched the state's civil rights movement.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 4, Sept 2003, p158-162, il Periodical Website
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25380
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ECU artists Hanna Jubran and Jodi Hollnagel are working on a monument for the Aycock Brown Welcome Center in Kitty Hawk. The monument has been sponsored by many corporations features 14 stainless steel pylons.
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In this article the author is discussing different topics like Pride being canceled for a Jewish holiday and confederate statues. The author discusses that canceling pride events for religious holidays sets a dangerous precedent. Where many Jewish LGBTQ+ community members argue that they want to participate in these events but they conflict with one of their holidays. In regards to confederate statues the argument is that there is no need for them and that they are not worth keeping up. One argument made was that they do not have statues of Nazi soldiers in Berlin so we should not had statues of confederate statues in America.
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43389
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This article is discussing the actions Deputy Sheriff Mike Andrews during a riot/protest in Durham, North Carolina. The article discusses how Deputy Sheriff Mike Andrews did not stop the protesters from pulling down a confederate statue.
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29598
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The 1938 Masonic Marker is located seventeen miles from Waynesville, North Carolina at the Balsam Gap Camp entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The marker is a monument featuring over six-hundred stones and minerals collected from other shrines, including Plymouth Rock, an Egyptian pyramid, and the White House.
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Also known as “dragon lines” or “fairy lines,” ley lines lie around many of the world’s wonders, such as the Pyramids of Giza. Asheville, falling within ley lines, is believed to have the power arising from high frequency vibrations in strong magnetic fields. Recent research draws the same conclusion as ancient civilizations: ley lines impact fertility, agriculture, mood, memory, and perception for humans and animals alike.
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22561
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An iron marker now sits at the site of the Confederate Navy Yard in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Navy Yard operated from spring of 1862 until 1865. Commanded by first by General R.L. Page and later by H. Ashton Ramsay, a number of large structures were erected on site, including a gun carriage shop, a laboratory, a torpedo shop, a forge where propeller shafting was forged for all the Confederate ironclads. Rifles, shot, shells, and torpedoes were also manufactured at the Navy Yard in Charlotte.
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36351
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Sculptor Peter Toth gifted each of the 50 states and Canada Native American wooden statues in memorial of the Trail of Tears. Although not Native American, Toth felt compelled to honor the plight of the Cherokee and also used the statues as a way to remember his own family’s journey to America.