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19048
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A recent research project at Tryon Palace is exploring the history of African-American artisans in New Bern from the American Revolution to the turn of the 20th-century. Due to the city's tradition of craftsmanship and strong African American heritage, New Bern offers the opportunity to document this unique artistic tradition.
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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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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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19034
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Richards recounts the 18th-century mapping of North Carolina, detailed in the historic maps housed at Tryon Palace.
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19032
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North Carolina has been mapped from the documentation of America to the present. Tryon Palace houses an important collection of maps recording the Carolinas and the Colonial history of the state.
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23166
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New Bern's Civil War history stretches beyond the Confederacy. The Union invasion of Roanoke, followed by the occupation of New Bern in 1862 promoted the establishment of contraband camps for escaped slaves. Colored troop regiments emerged as a result.
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42742
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As part of the federal government's effort to provide economic relief from the effects of COVID 19, Tryon Palace received a $150,000 NEH CARES grant.
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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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19031
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When the Tryon Palace Commission formed in 1945 it had many allies, one of which was the forerunner of the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Farmer recounts the evolution of Tryon Palace's partnership with the DOT.
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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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19030
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Tryon Palace has recently acquired the small likeness of a Confederate soldier for its growing collection of Civil War artifacts. The portrait has been identified as George Stanley Dewey of Craven County.
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37258
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New acquisitions to Tyron Palace’s exhibition collection included items that needed extra care, hence on display during special exhibitions. The exhibits spotlighted were a Magic Lantern Projector, 19th century; a Civil War-era Powder Horn; a Civil War-era folding chair used by Captain Frederick Cox Roberts; a liquor jug, 19th century, from A.H. Holton Retail Liquor.
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19002
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A new project at New Bern's Tryon Palace--the North Carolina History Education Center--is aiming to make the state's history fun, relevant, and accessible for people of all ages.
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19049
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As New Bern celebrates its 300th anniversary, it remembers its Swiss and German settlers who agreed to put down roots where the Trent and Neuse rivers converged.
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