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27291
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A number of theater productions and public works of art have faced criticism in Charlotte during the last few decades. This article provides a brief overview of some of these controversies.
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33200
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Four days a year had to be spent in helping improve the roads, and if he refused to do so, he either had to go to jail of else pay out the sum of four dollars.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 13, Aug 1938, p6, 16
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34441
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Biddleville Cemetery is a 145-year-old burial plot in Charlotte where black veterans of both world wars and the Spanish-American War rest. Until recently, the cemetery had not been listed as an official cemetery or tied to any one specific church. Local resident Nolie Steele helped to recognize and protect Biddleville Cemetery as an official historic Mecklenburg County landmark, and continues to research the veterans who are buried there so that their graves can be marked.
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34555
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President Andrew Jackson was raised in South Carolina; however his birthplace may have been North Carolina. Jackson’s parents settled near the North Carolina/South Carolina border and Jackson himself claimed he was born south of the border. The author uses oral histories and land tract data to argue that the McKemey household where Jackson was born fell within the North Carolina boundary in Mecklenberg County.
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40656
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The Wheelhouse Foundation uses immersive technology to help recreate local current and historical events that entertain, educate, and instill empathy. Productions like “Routine” and “Trail of History” uses virtual and augmented reality to help viewers vicariously experience the 2016 Charlotte Uprising and Mecklenburg County’s Declaration of Independence in 1775.