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Longstreet Church, founded in 1758 by the people of Longstreet Community, now sits on land owned by Fort Bragg in Fayetteville. The church was active continuously until 1895, and then sporadically until 1918, when the U.S. government purchased the land, with the provision that the church and its cemetery would be protected and preserved. The church is all that remains of the once-thriving Scottish community of Longstreet.
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35856
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Experiencing seasons Tar Heel State style and NC from the Crystal Coast to the Mountains was possible through a visit to Gastonia’s Schiele’s Museum. Illuminating the enlightening experience: information about the museum’s murals and slide shows describing the natural history and ecology of NC’s three regions.
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Charlotte musician Arthur Smith is the subject of this TAR HEEL interview. Smith has been in show business for over forty years. He has composed over 1,500 songs, recorded 300 singles and sixty albums, and worked on five motion pictures. His syndicated country-western music television show is seen daily all over the Southeast.
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Raleigh novelist Ben Haas discusses writing, writers, and growing up in Charlotte in this TAR HEEL magazine interview. The son of a German immigrant, Haas has had over 50 books published in his 30 years of writing. Most were written under pseudonyms.
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Blind from birth, Doc Watson rose from the obscurity of his Deep Gap community to international acclaim as a folk musician. He is acknowledged by many as the fastest guitar picker in the world. He has recorded sixteen albums and appeared on many others with other musicians. In this TAR HEEL interview Watson discusses disco music, politics, the uncertainties of the music business, and his impressions of a Concorde flight.
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George Holt is the director of the North Carolina Office of Folklife Programs. In this TAR HEEL interview he discusses what folklife and its appreciation in North Carolina is all about in the modern world. It is more than simple nostalgia, romance, or good times; it represents a total set of values and the image one has of oneself.
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The interview with this Big Band leader revealed his musical beginnings in the late 1930s with his band, the Duke Blue Devils, and his first musical influence, his father, a music teacher. Illustrations of an illustrious career included giving Doris Day her first opportunity as a band singer and touring overseas with Bob Hope for almost two decades. As for the musical genre he played, he was optimistic about its enduring popularity with modern audiences.
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With a Tar Heel reporter interviewing, readers might have expected to hear how Northern producers could comfortably integrate their business into Southern culture. With the NC Shakespeare Festival’s prominence, another expectation could have been these producers’ plan could make theatre a more popular form of entertainment for all.
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Featured was the Chairman of the Raleigh based Congressional Club and newly formed Coalition for Freedom. Ellis discussed his reasons for switching to the GOP. He also expounded on a belief in a revival of Republican support across NC. Among evidence offered was the election of its first Republican senator in the century, Jesse Helms, an election in which Ellis played a pivotal role.
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10.A Tar Heel Interview with Tom Heffernan by Umberger, Steve Tar Heel Vol. 7 Issue 4, July/Aug 1979
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35752
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The interview with this Massachusetts native revealed his beliefs about the importance of and teaching approach for poetry. Heffernan also discussed his life as a poet in North Carolina, which he asserted was the “most literary state in the country.”
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As the author proposed, the coast contained a treasure trove of treats to sate the interest palate of any visitor. History buffs could have their fill in towns such as New Bern, Memorials such as Kittyhawk and houses such as Tryon Palace. For lovers of the great outdoors, there were the Elizabethan Gardens, Jockey’s Ridge, and Merchants Millpond State Park.
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Whether interested in natural world or NC’s rich history, Wise asserted the Piedmont region catered to both. Historic sites highlighted included the Reed Gold Mine, site of the first gold discovery in the US; Chinqua-Penn Plantation, which contained art from around the globe; and Bennett Place, reconstructed Civil War site for General Johnson’s surrender to General Sherman. Nature and science lovers could be sated through Mount Morrow State Park; North Carolina Zoo, first state-owned zoo in the US; and Museum of Life and Natural Science, which contained the greatest treasure trove of outer space memorabilia.
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A Mountains tours covered a host of interests. History buffs may step back into their favorite time periods in places such as the Farmers Curb Market and Biltmore Homespun Shop. For nature aficionados, there are the Pisgah National Forest and waterfalls. For creative fiction lovers, there were Connemara, Carl Sandburg’s mountain home, and the Flat Rock Playhouse.
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NC’s plays about the Lost Colony of Roanoke, Blackbeard, Tom Dooley, Daniel Boone, and Andrew Jackson may come as no surprise. This state was a home for the famous pirate and Elizabethan era English settlers, the subject of the popular song, battle site for this Revolutionary War freedom fighter, and settlement that included Jackson’s parents. Plays about NC’s perhaps lesser known ways of involvement in the Revolutionary War included Fight for Freedom, about the first Declaration of Independence document; The Liberty Cart, about the Battle of Moore’s Creek. As for contributions from religious groups, there was Sound of Peace, about a Quaker settlement in Snow Camp. From this Day Forward traced the life of the Walden family, whose descendants and bakeries still exist in Valdese.
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Megivern proposed that Tom Wright Jr. played a prominent role in making Wilmington a must see for NC’s coast travelers. That was done chiefly by his crowning achievement, Chandler’s Wharf. It bore evidence of the town’s maritime history in watercraft such the Harry W. Adams. For those seeking historic landmarks on land, there were sites such as the oldest building, now housing a nautical library, and an 1883 cooper’s home that became a restaurant.
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