Tag Archives: N.C. Office of Archives and History

Highway Marker Honors American Flyer for France in WWI

May 22, 2009 – 8:39 am

RALEIGH – When the crowd gathers on Monday, May 25, to dedicate the latest N. C. Highway Historical Maker, it will be in tribute to James McConnell, an American flyer who died in service to France during World War I. The 2 p.m. ceremony will be held on McReynolds Street in Carthage, across from [...]

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Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Seeks Public Input

May 12, 2009 – 12:33 pm

RALEIGH– As part of the management plan process, Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is seeking public input for vision, mission and purpose of the National Heritage Area. The public is invited to attend meetings to learn more about the management planning process and to provide comments to help guide the future of this important heritage area.
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Free Multimedia Presentation on Shaping the State Constitution in 1868

April 20, 2009 – 9:32 am

RALEIGH – For most North Carolina students prior to the Civil War, education was only available a few weeks or months a year to white children only, if at all. Families often paid for schooling since public schools had limited geographic reach. Only white male property owners could vote or hold office. [...]

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Joyner Library Telling North Carolina Stories Through Pictures

April 14, 2009 – 2:09 pm

RALEIGH – Visitors to the J. Y. Joyner Library at East Carolina University will get a fresh look at North Carolina through the “Telling Our Stories Photography Exhibit” on view through April 30. Organized by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the exhibition incorporates some of the state’s best professional and amateur photographers, and [...]

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Free Multimedia Presentation on Shaping the State Constitution in 1868

March 19, 2009 – 9:01 am

RALEIGH – For most North Carolina students prior to the Civil War, education was only available a few weeks or months a year to white children only, if at all. Families often paid for schooling since public schools had limited geographic reach. Only white male property owners could vote or hold office. That and more [...]

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Outer Banks History Center Celebrates 20 Years

February 24, 2009 – 12:00 pm

MANTEO – Marine Corps war correspondent David Stick returned from World War II and landed a job as cartoon editor for the “American Legion Magazine.” Little did he know that the personal library he would build would become an important regional and national resource. Stick turned into a bibliophile, collecting in his home anything he [...]

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