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15695
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The North Carolina Historical Commission began a series of meetings to begin discussions about inclusion of State Capitol Memorials recognizing Native American, African American and women influential in the state's history. A committee is responsible to evaluate funds, merits, and space for additional plaques with input from the public.
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The marker was erected on Burke Square in Raleigh to commemorate the Executive Mansion. Before the Executive Mansion, state governors lived in various locales and sometimes hotels around Raleigh before Governor Thomas Jarvis insisted on an official residence. The Executive Mansion was the product of this plea and Governor Daniel G. Fowle was the first to reside in the mansion.
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15697
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The 300th anniversary of New Bern was celebrated in grand form at the not yet opened N.C. History center. Many historically significant artifacts were on display for the grand celebration including North Carolina's copy of the Bill of Rights and the Elizabeth II sailed from Roanoke Island Festival Park.
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The State Historic Preservation Office launched a new website showcasing 40 years of fieldwork. Created with GIS technology, the map offers an interactive venue for the viewer. A scholar, researcher, or curious individual may take a virtual tour of historic buildings, districts, etc. but currently excludes archaeological sites.
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15764
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The Office of Archives and History oversees the Alamance Battleground, site of the climatic conflict between rogue farmers and Governor William Tryon's colonial militia in the War of Regulation on May 16, 1771. A collaborative effort between the Office of State Archaeology, Research Branch of the Office of Archives and History, and the Division of State Historic Sites and Properties will pursue a multi-disciplinary project reviewing the archaeological and historical record.
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Four miles north-east of Morganton a highway historical marker was erected to mark the site of Fort San Juan. The fort was a 16th century Spanish outpost named after Captain Juan Pardo who, with a 125 conquistadors, trekked from Florida north to an Indian village called Joara. Pardo's fortification and garrison of 30 soldiers survived eighteen months before being destroyed by its neighbors.
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15767
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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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15773
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The production of a film series dedicated to North Carolina history is a collaborative project between UNC Center for Public Television and Office of Archives and History. Six hours will be dedicated to exploring the state's history at a local, statewide, and national level to generate interest in tourism.
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15774
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The Cemetery Survey and Stewardship Program was developed by the Office of Archives and History to preserve and protect North Carolina's overlooked cemeteries. Guardianship of these cemeteries was largely under the charge of local historians and as of 2002 seventeen counties had complete survey records. The program aims to organize records, provide technical advice, and create a database to account for these resources before any are lost.
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15775
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On March 24th, Judge Henry W. Hight Jr. awarded North Carolina formal ownership of the state's original copy of the Bill of Rights. North Carolina's copy had been removed from the capitol by a Union officer and confiscated by the FBI in Philadelphia. The document will remain in state archives vaults.
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15776
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A document displayed in England illuminated the story of an escaped Brunswick County slave. A pamphlet was printed detailing the life of James Johnson, who fled the Confederate States aboard a Union vessel and made his home in Oldham in 1866. The pamphlet, titled The Life of the Late James Johnson (Colored Evangelist), an Escaped Slave from the Southern State of America, was exhibited a the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) Archives, Oldham.
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15822
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January 24, 2008 at 3:45 a.m., authorities were alerted to a fire which started at the childhood home of Governor Charles B. Aycock. Damage from the fire affected several rooms, the worst damage in the parlor, and destroyed several artifacts. Other damaged artifacts and a portion of the structure will have to be cleaned and restored.
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15828
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Between 1777-1896 ten paper mills operated in six counties manufacturing paper for Northern markets. Before the Civil War, production of paper brought about $145, 000 annually and represented a modernizing industry with the introduction of machinery from Europe. These mills were located in Cleveland, Cumberland, Forsyth, Lincoln, Orange, and Wake Counties.
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The University of North Carolina bestowed its first honorary degree to William Richards Davie, recognized \"founder and principal supporter.\" Davie remains a controversial and complex figure who was a \"soldier, statesman, Federalist, slaveholder, convinced elitist, and founder of the University of the People.\" His ideals for the University of the People rested not on a democratic education system but to produce the ruling elite to govern the people.
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The North Carolina Museum of History collaborated with the British Museum to present Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England's First View of America. The exhibit focused on early English expeditions to establish permanent settlements in America. John White's famous watercolors were the highlight of the exhibit.
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