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Gen. William C. Lee, a native of Dunn, was credited with creating the airborne corps of the U.S. Army.
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Raleighite Hannah Casso, popularly known as \"Pretty Peggy,\" was responsible for naming the infant who became the 17th President of the U.S., Raleigh native Andrew Johnson.
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Susan McLaurin created a sculpture of First Dog Millie presenting the American flag to Santa Claus. McLaurin gave it to the Bushes as a Christmas present.
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Members of the Civil Air Patrol celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the organization in Burlington and Greensboro.
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World War I flying ace Billy Mitchell made aviation history when he bombed battleships off Hatteras in 1923.
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North Carolina provides about 15% of the nation's Christmas trees, making it the third-largest Christmas tree producing region in the nation. The growing popularity of the Fraser fir, a variety indigenous to North Carolina, should increase the market share in the future.
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Phelps recreates the community of Washington's reaction as the U.S. entered World War II in 1941.
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The Burlington Boys Choir, founded and directed by Eva Wiseman, is in its thirty-third season of performing.
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Christmas traditions and activities across the state are as diverse as the citizens of the state.
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Catawba County woodwright Eddie Hamrick discusses his craft.
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Michael Lilly impersonates Mark Twain for any audience, but especially school children.
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Rocky Mount has opened a new theater called The Playhouse.
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In 1940, Nyal \"Doc\" Womble II, opened the Womble Drug Company in Plymouth. Fifty years later, the drug store, now moved to a shopping center and run by his widow and children, still maintains the down home flavor of the original.
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Contrary to the assertions of most history books, Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew of North Carolina was the hero of \"Pickett's Charge\" at The Battle of Gettysburg.
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Bill Nye, a famous 19th century humorist, lived and wrote in Asheville for the last ten years of his life.
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