Gov. Bev Perdue selected a garnet-red formal gown for her Inaugural Ball, which took place Jan. 10 at the Raleigh Convention Center. The governor has donated the silk gown, matching shoes and earrings to the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. The items are on view in the exhibit Elected to Serve: North Carolina’s Governors.
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RALEIGH – If you’re hankering to see what past inaugurations of North Carolina governors were like, take a visit to the Gubernatorial Inaugurations Flickr page posted by the North Carolina State Archives. When you click on NC Gubernatorial Inaugurations Photostream, you’ll find boy scouts and ball gowns, motorcades and reviewing stands among 31 black and [...]