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From the slave period until 1898, African Americans in Eastern North Carolina observed a Christmastime custom called Jonkonnu. The practice originated in Jamaica and spread to North Carolina, which was the only state where it was observed. Jonkonnu is a unique blend of West African and English customs. In 2000, the Christmas tradition was revived during New Bern's annual Holiday Candlelight Tours.
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Camp Davis, located on the southern coast between Wilmington and present-day Topsail Island, was an important U.S. military installation in the years just before and during U.S. involvement in World War II.
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Cecelski reports on a 2009 community oral history project in New Bern, titled \"African American Voices Between Two River.\" Over two dozen elderly black community leaders in Craven County were interviewed, and the project focused on African Americans born in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. These individuals lived in the aftermath of one of the worst disasters in North Carolina history - the great New Bern fire of 1922.
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Carolina Comments
(NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 58 Issue 4, Oct 2010,
p123-127, il, map
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Alamance Battleground Research Project focused on compiling new archaeological data and reviewing historic documents to elucidate the events of May 16, 1771. On that date Regulators met the state's militia in the cumulative battle of the War of Regulation, which ended in defeat of the uprising farmers. The project drew on help from professionals and over two hundred volunteers.
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Smith reports on his broad research study of examining the life and contributions of Albion Tourgee, who was North Carolina's famous carpetbagger, lawyer, law maker, judge, civil rights activist, and novelist. He came to Greensboro in 1865, and following a remarkable career here, moved to Colorado in 1879. His name is attached to the Reconstruction Period in the state. Smith states that what has surprised him most about the man is the minimal attention paid to him by educators and historians.
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Between May 23rd and June 3rd the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources raised an anchor from the Queen Anne's Revenge shipwreck site. The project brought national and international coverage and followed closely after the release of Pirates of the Caribbean, a movie featuring a fictionalized rendition of Blackbeard's ship. After successfully raising the artifact, it was shipped to the QAR lab at East Carolina University's West Research Campus.
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7.Another View of the West Case by Mitchell, Thornton W. Carolina Comments Vol. 29 Issue 6, Nov 1981
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The West Case concerns a letter, dated August 26, 1790, from George Washington to the state's governor and council. The lawsuit, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. B.C. WEST, JR., began on May 10, 1974 when it was discovered this letter was to be auctioned at Southeby's in New York. This auction coincided with theft of documents from the archive and further evidence pointed to an Elizabeth City man named West who was illegally selling historic records. After much deliberation and a lengthy appeals process the letter was returned to the state.
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Recent excavations at the site of the \"new barn\" at Horne Creek Living Historical Farm in Surry County have yielded some interesting finds.
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Archaeological excavations reopened in Brunswick Town forty-one years after Dr. Stanley A. South's work in the 1960s. Contemporary work focused on Civil War-era earthworks that stretch across the Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site and aim to answer questions about construction and gun placement within the earthworks. John Mintz, assistant state archaeologist, oversaw the work which took place from April 6-9th.
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On August 1, 1979 state archaeologists from the Division of Archives and History began the first of thirty-six lockout dives to perform engineering and archaeological assessments on and around the USS MONITOR. The Union ironclad sank of the coast of Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862 due to a storm. Twenty additional observational dives were conducted with authorities from other related fields such as marine architecture, historic preservation, and ocean engineering and salvage.
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On December 12, 1977 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a memorandum of agreement to North Carolina's Division of Archives and History which gives research and assessment responsibilities to the NC State Historic Preservation Officer with in the MONITOR Marine Sanctuary. The Union ironclad USS MONITOR sank of the coast of Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862 due to a storm.
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Remains of the USS UNDERWRITER were found by individual divers in the Neuse River in June 1987. The ship sank on February 1, 1864 defending against Confederate recapture of New Bern, taken by Union forces in March 1862. Divers, in conjunction with the state, recovered a gun carriage; a significant artifact because it was the only one of its type actually used in a naval engagement in state waters.
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This piece chronicles the lives of the Devereux sisters, a group of southern women living around the time of the Civil War. These six sisters (Kate Devereux Edmondston, Frances Devereux Miller, Elizabeth Devereux Jones, Mary Bayard Devereux Clarke, Nora Devereux Cannon, and Sophia Devereux Turner) from Halifax County represent the changing image and expectation of southern women, especially those in the upper class. These women out of necessity and will became more independent and defiant of their traditional roles; for example, Mary Bayard followed her husband into battle.
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Asher Benjamin did not personally work or live in the state but his treatise on architecture, Practical House Carpenter, influenced North Carolinian's private residences and public structures. In the Practical House Carpenter (1830), Asher emphasizes Greek Revival, an architectural style that became popular around this time throughout New England. Greek Revival became the preferred style across the state in the prosperous antebellum era.
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In honor of the battleship's 70th birthday, former crew members who served onboard in the 1940s returned for a celebration. The occasion also marked the 50th anniversary of the battleship arriving in Wilmington.
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