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10672
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The 14th annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games will attract thousands of Americans of Scottish descent, as it does each year, to enjoy a varied two-day program featuring highland dancing, piping, track and field events, sailboat races, archery tournaments, a mountain marathon, religious services, and a parade of tartans. This year the games will host two special guests, Madame MacDougal of MacDougal, Dunlollie Castle, Oban, Scotland, world chief of clan MacDougal, and the colorful and celebrated Black Watch-Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, considered one of the most outstanding pipe bands ever to participate in the Games and Gathering.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 37 Issue 3, July 1969, p13, 32, il
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10766
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The North Carolina Azalea Festival commemorates twenty years of success. Located in Wilmington, the festival celebrates the blooming of millions of azaleas in early April. The Airlie Gardens and Orton Plantation are two of the major festival locations. Festivities include a large parade, historical tours of Wilmington, and the Coronation Pageant of the Queen of the Festival.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 34 Issue 21, Apr 1967, p13, 18, il
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10844
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On April 16, 1864, Confederate forces previously entrenched at Rodman's Point and Fisher's Hill were evacuated from their positions below Washington, N.C. and were directed to report to General Hoke, whose division was about to march on Plymouth. Hoke ordered General Matt Ransom to march his forces to a point below the town, co-ordinate with Captain James W. Cook, C.S.N., commander of the gun-boat ALEBEMARLE, and to march on Plymouth from all sides to take control of the city. During the battle, the flag of the 16th Connecticut was captured by Private G. M. Williams, Frank O'Brien, and two other unnamed soldiers from the command of Major John H. Burnham. In July of 1884, O'Brien happened upon Burnham while visiting the Union Square Hotel in New York City. Burnham inquired as to the whereabouts of the flag, to which O'Brien responded that he knew its owner and that he would have the flag shipped to Hartford upon his return to Birmingham. The story of its return was printed in the Hartford Times the day after its arrival.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 8, Sept 1967, p13-14, il
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11982
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Orton Plantation Gardens is one of the country's oldest plantation showplaces. O'Brien discusses what to see during a visit there.
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12254
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Orton Plantation Gardens turned 250 in 1975. The columned mansion built in classic antebellum architectural style provides the focal point for the historic site, first owned by \"King\" Roger Moore in pre-Revolutionary War days.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 10, Mar 1975, p16-17, 37, il
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15670
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Every year over 250,000 people come to Wilmington, located in the southeastern part of the state, for the Azalea Festival. In addition to the colorful azaleas, visitors can see movie and radio stars and enjoy a variety of activities.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 23 Issue 22, Mar 1956, p20-24, il, por
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