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This week in N.C. history
April 9, 1585 Sir Ralph Lane sailed to America with 107 colonists. By June they arrived to modern day Plymouth Island and established a colony with Lane as governor. The colony later moved to Roanoke […]
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A preservation celebration in song, dance, and story
In 2001, Sharon Bryant had two weeks to learn everything there was to know about the West African tradition of Jonkonnu in order to lead a new program at Tryon Palace. “I had to teach […]
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Perspective
The last heat of summer lingered into fall at the corner of Cedar and Mordecai streets on the final Saturday in September as we filed into the visitors center at Mordecai Historic Park.”Tonight is not […]
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Raleighs historic Heck-Andrews House closes for $1.5 million
The state’s $1.5 million sale of Raleigh’s historic Heck-Andrews House has been completed, according to the governor’s office.The deal is part of Gov. Pat McCrory’s “Project Phoenix,” an initiative it says aims to return underutilized […]
Opinion
SON: Morality is often found in compromise
Hamilton” is a juggernaut musical currently fetching at least $700 for prime seats. It’s a civic class in hip hop, George Washington’s cabinet argument as rap battle for the future of the fledgling American economy: […]
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SON: Morality is often found in compromise
Hamilton” is a juggernaut musical currently fetching at least $700 for prime seats. It’s a civic class in hip hop, George Washington’s cabinet argument as rap battle for the future of the fledgling American economy: […]
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Barbecue, flooding, and community
Up and running since 1938, a little rain hasn’t stopped them yet.The Russell family knows flooding, barbecue, and community. Located in an old service station in historic downtown Windsor, Bunn’s Barbecue serves up down-home, Eastern […]
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Hear! Hear! Exquisite fossils preserve ear of prehistoric whale
Fossils unearthed in a South Carolina drainage ditch are providing insight into the development of ultrasonic hearing in prehistoric whales, a trait closely linked to their uncanny ability to hunt and navigate using sound waves […]
Opinion
GREENBERG: Victory over Japan
Talk about mixed emotions. And a mixed cast of historical figures great and small to choose from. There’s Harry Truman, the sudden president of the United States who at first wasn’t sure of what he […]
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NOTHSTINE: Why Andrew Jackson still matters
The U.S. Treasury announced in April that notable abolitionist Harriet Tubman is replacing Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. The announcement has pushed Jackson, who once towered over American political life, back […]