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19003
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The entrance avenue leading up to Tryon Palace has been shaded since the late 1950s by rows of Darlington Oak trees. However, the natural lifespan of these trees are coming to an end, and major plans are in store to research entrance avenues of the period and design accordingly.
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19004
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William Tryon needed loans to carry out the completion of his North Carolina Palace. Two centuries later, the first great public history project in the state also required help from public and private partnerships.
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19005
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Named after the first director of Tryon Palace Restoration, the Gertrude Carraway Research Library has helped educate the staff and public at the historic site.
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19006
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An 18th century silver kettle believed to have once been of use at Tryon Palace has returned home. Acquisitions like this will help staff with appropriate interpretations.
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19007
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The one hundred year span from the American Revolution to the Industrial Revolution produced a myriad of changes in the decorative arts, with changes in style reflecting the changing socioeconomic and political atmospheres of the time.
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19008
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From March 1862 to the end of the Civil War, New Bern, was occupied by Northern troops. Although many citizens fled, New Bern became a haven for runaway slaves and freed African Americans.
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19009
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It may seem like a current scandal but the heated exchange that led to a duel occurred over 200 years ago. In 1802, Richards Dobbs Spaight and John Stanley, Jr., two New Bern politicians, took their anger political party allegiance to a new level.
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19010
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This article details the changes in Christmas traditions in North Carolina from the colonial period to the Civil War.
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19011
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Curators of Tryon Palace's artifacts have previously identified examples from fourteen silversmiths and silver-making firms representative from of various eastern North Carolina cities. This year, they have acquired silver flatware that exposes two previously unidentified North Carolina silversmiths.
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19012
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Recently the Tryon Palace staff have found that a portrait of Mrs. Margaret Tryon is located in a house museum in Norwich, England. Mrs. Tryon being a figure of great interest, is one of few women in North Carolina for which a state county is named--Wake.
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19013
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Tryon Palace has some unique artifacts, some of which are candle-powered lighting devices. One such type is the Girandole, a candlestick with glass or crystal pendants.
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19026
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A unique artifact has made its way back to Tryon Palace, New Bern, North Carolina. Constructed in 1861 by Edwin Clayton, a cabinet maker from Asheville, this Civil War drum is emblazoned with OLD NORTH STATE and penned on the bottom--\"Captured in Newbern [sic] N.C. March 14 1862,...\"
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19027
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A unique Christmas tradition at Tryon Palace is Jonkonnu. A blend of English, African, and Caribbean holiday and spiritual traditions brought to North Carolina by slaves, Jonkonnu celebrations at Tryon include parades and songs.
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19028
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The North Carolina History Education Center will soon include the New Bern waterfront, which has been an important part of North Carolina's commercial and recreational history.
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19029
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Scholars of nineteen century African American history face the challenges of finding first-person accounts; they therefore rely on peripheral sources such as the correspondences of Private Henry A. Clapp who was stationed in New Bern from 1862-1863. Clapp provides detailed accounts of Sylvia and Mary Jane Conner, two New Bern African American women that changed Clapp's perceptions on slavery.
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