Monthly Archives: February 2008

Exhibit Features Safe Bus Company

February 5, 2008 – 4:11 pm

 
SPENCER, N.C. – On Friday, Feb. 8, the North Carolina Transportation Museum will open a temporary exhibit that tells a story of segregation and entrepreneurial spirit in North Carolina. Artifacts tracing the history of Safe Bus Company, the only African American-owned city bus company in the nation that ran a fixed route for the general [...]

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Aycock Birthplace Reopens After Fire

February 4, 2008 – 11:23 am

FREMONT —Charles B. Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site in Fremont reopened Tuesday, Feb. 5 following a Jan. 24 fire in the main house of the 19th century family farm.  The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department has since confirmed that it is investigating this blaze as a case of arson.  Anyone wanting to assist in the home’s restoration may do [...]

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Nearly 58,000 Saw Lost Colony Exhibit

February 4, 2008 – 10:52 am

Approximately 58,000 people took advantage of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the exhibit “Mysteries of the Lost Colony” and “A New World: England’s First View of America” from the British Museum. The exhibit ran from Oct. 20, 2007, to Jan. 14, 2008, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh.

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Telling Our Stories

February 1, 2008 – 3:21 pm

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The 2008 theme at Cultural Resources is “Telling Our Stories,” in which the department celebrates and showcases North Carolina’s arts, heritage, and cultural life. To find out more about “Telling Our Stories,” we spoke with North Carolina’s State Librarian Mary Boone (1:08).  Later on in the podcast, Fay [...]

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