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Her story was an illustration of the important role women play in history, pre-American Colonial and Colonial in particular. While the men helped to hold the fledging nation together on the battlefield, women helped to hold the fledgling nation together on the homefront. Where Flora’s story becomes especially memorable is her influence felt before immigrating from Scotland to North Carolina. That venture commemorated in this edition involved her helping the pretender to the British throne, Bonnie Prince Charlie, escape to France in 1746.
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35508
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If history has two faces, as the author proclaimed, history textbooks have often held a mirror in front of one of those visages. Bunger’s purpose, then, was to make the other countenance, in this case the European slave trade, just as visible.
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5943
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Williams discusses the life and work of sculptor R. K. Harniman. Harniman has just completed carving a statue of Sir Walter Raleigh from a cypress tree. This particular tree was located in the Tar River swamp twelve miles west of Greenville and began growing in the year 1467, eighty-seven years before Raleigh was born. Harniman carved the statue in Raleigh.
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5944
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Scott recounts the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, an early battle of the Revolutionary War, fought on February 26, 1776. The battlefield is about 20 miles northwest of Wilmington, near Currie.
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5945
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Wilbur Hardee's first venture into the fast food business was Hardees, which he later sold to Jim Gardner. The Greenville resident's second venture was launched in 1963 and named Little Mint. Quinn discusses Hardee's newest restaurant chain, which now has grown to thirty-five in North and South Carolina.
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5946
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Donald Leary, better known as M. Charles, is one of the Outer Banks's most sought after land and seascape artists. Fearing discusses Leary's life and paintings, which number 2,500 since 1954.
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5949
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Beaufort in Carteret County is the state's fourth oldest town. Faulkner discusses the town's history and architecture. A walking tour map identifying historic sites and a map of the town plan from 1713 are included.
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5950
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Railroads across eastern North Carolina were a vital supply link for Confederate forces during the Civil War. Price describes the adventures and challenges of riding the trains during the turmoil of war.
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5960
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Where the Wright Brothers once flew, hang gliding, enthusiastically called \"skysurfing,\" has emerged as an exciting new sport. Elliot discusses the sport's popularity and the hang glider's inventor, NASA scientist Dr. Francis M. Rogallo.
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5961
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Walter Perkins, founder of Hatteras Hammocks in Greenville, proves the old adage \"that work can be fun\" and a profit made at the same time. Paget discusses how a hammock is made and how the talented, fun-loving weavers work in an old tobacco warehouse.
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5962
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The Civil War Ironclad Monitor sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras on December 31, 1862. Griffin discusses the triumphs and tragedies of this famous ship and the discovery of the shipwreck in August 1973.
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Halifax is the site of the first documented vote for American independence from England. It was cast by the Fourth Provincial Congress convened there on April 4, 1776. Faulkner discusses the history of the town and the buildings under restoration there.
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5964
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Blackburn discusses the Lowry Gang, a notorious band of murderers and thieves who plundered and ravaged Robeson County in the decade after the end of the Civil War.
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5965
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Thousands of North Carolinians take great delight in Charles Whedbee's books about the Outer Banks. In this NEW EAST interview, Blansfield talks with Whedbee about his childhood days at Nags Head, his writing, and his deep ties to the people and legends of the Outer Banks.
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5966
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Anthropologist Dr. John Gregory Peck discusses the history of Oriental and the changes, including the increase in tourism and the growing population of retirees, that affect the way people in this coastal community live.
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