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\"Living-at-Home\" was a Great Depression era program designed to teach the state's residents about food production and preservation. Governor O. Max Gardner introduced the plan on December 4, 1929.
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19029
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Scholars of nineteen century African American history face the challenges of finding first-person accounts; they therefore rely on peripheral sources such as the correspondences of Private Henry A. Clapp who was stationed in New Bern from 1862-1863. Clapp provides detailed accounts of Sylvia and Mary Jane Conner, two New Bern African American women that changed Clapp's perceptions on slavery.
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19033
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The Stanley-Spaight duel that occurred in New Bern in 1802 is an example of the culture of honor, and ultimately dueling, that occurred in the Antebellum south.
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22769
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In addition to statues and stone monuments, hand-made quilts can commemorate specific events and people, or serve as memorials to honor the dead. North Carolina women have made quilts throughout history to memorialize particular individuals or events, including the 1976 \"Historical Landmarks of Wake County\" quilt, which was created to celebrate the National Bicentennial.
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42907
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Bright leaf tobacco has been a part of North Carolina culture since 1839, when an enslaved Caswell County man, Stephen Slade discovered a curing method for producing bright yellow leaves. the Duke family of Durham lead in mechanizing the process for cigarettes. By the mid-20th century, health related concerns on the use of tobacco began to mount.
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43547
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Our modern perceptions of Christmas are rooted to a large degree in Clement Clarke Moore's poem, "A Visit from St. Nickolas". Increased urbanization and immigration, particularly in the north, helped transform Christmas from a time of paternalistic generosity to the destitute and poor to one primarily focused on young children.
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