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Congrats Dr. Dunn. Six Months in Central America: The Journal of Confederate General Pierce M. B. Young, United States Minister Plenipotentiary to Guatemala and Honduras in 1895” By Alvis E. Dunn. The Southern Quarterly, Volume 55, Number 4, Summer 2018, pp. 40-52.pic.twitter.com/krxEm5q6TF
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Gerrard Hall at
@UNC was completed in 1837 and honors the life and legacy of North Carolinian Charles Gerrard, who left a considerable estate gift to Carolina. At some point in history, the building lost its portico but, blessedly, the portico was rebuilt in recent years.pic.twitter.com/uWLfbQ281N
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As a boy my family drove through this crossroads many times & often at night. I can’t confirm a light sighting but there was always a lot of excitement. Once, in college we walked the trackbed, but that was after ‘77 and we saw nothing.
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#OTD 1856 a train accident caused the death of Conductor Baldwin. From that time, at that crossroads, Maco, a light was reported. Baldwin searched for his head, severed in the accident & never found! The tracks were removed in ‘77. At link, read rest: https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/01/04/origins-of-maco-light-legend-date-to-1856 …pic.twitter.com/RH7w9f5u8H
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The NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announces that 17 individual properties across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Nearby, The William R. Ellerson House,Hot Springs, Madison Cty has been added. http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/MD0296.pdf pic.twitter.com/VZGxOTQCDb
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#PublicDomainDay numbers: Yesterday HathiTrust opened 43,104 volumes published in U.S. with expired copyright, on top of 10,305 volumes from 1923 already opened. Includes 8,806 separate titles, including serials and gov docs. See entire 1923 collection at https://is.gd/HathiTrust1923Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#OTD 1837 b Nimrod Jarrett Smith near Murphy. Cherokee, he served in Thomas’ Legion CSA as SGT. 1880 elected Principal Chief & ‘89 helped gain N.C. Recog. Worked w/Quakers to est. Schools. Stepped down in ‘91. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/01/03/cherokee-chief-and-solidifier-nimrod-jarrett-smith …pic.twitter.com/9nBh2rYiQm
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#OTD 1975 Susie Sharp b/c the 1st woman elected Chief Justice Of a State Supreme Court. From Rocky Mount & a Political Paradox-She supported Prison Reform but not The Equal Rights Amendment. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2015/01/02/susie-sharp-and-her-appointments-without-precedent …pic.twitter.com/gwnzxawpaK
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Happy Emancipation Day! Here are a few images of the Emancipation Day celebration held in Charleston, SC, in 1877. Like many post-Civil War commemorations there, it included a massive parade that started at the Citadel Green...
#twitterstorians#slaveryarchive#CivilWarMemorypic.twitter.com/X0djgZEJbG
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William Jennings Bryans’ House in#AVL : http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/BN0139.pdf pic.twitter.com/c0130KNfAE
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#OTD 1996 NC b/c the last state to grant veto power to its governor. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2016/01/01/gubernatorial-veto-instituted-1996 …pic.twitter.com/K4erE7cFn3
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#OTD in 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."pic.twitter.com/X5gxaACRuI
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A city park made a big difference to a diverse community in a rougher but more innocent age.
#humanstoriesinhistory#asheville#astonpark#community#romance#shoes https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2018/12/30/visiting-our-past-aston-park-made-room-kids-lovers-above-depot/2346839002/ … via@ashevilleThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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#OTD 1900 Selma Burke b. in Mooresville. A sculptor from childhood, she b/c a nurse & moved to NYC. Harlem Ren.-inspired w/MFA Col. ‘41 she taught art. Created model for FDR Dime-proper credit was denied. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2015/12/31/selma-burke-renowned-fdr-portrait-on-the-dime …pic.twitter.com/GHf7AHbTJo
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Fayetteville, NC - 1941. “Traffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina at about five o'clock, when the workers start coming out at Fort Bragg." Medium format negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration.” http://www.shorpy.com/node?page=1 pic.twitter.com/HB3aePgpW0
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And Kerr Lake was named for him. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2013/12/30/judge-john-kerr-longtime-congressman …pic.twitter.com/73uZu1UlHM
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#OTD 1854 b Lunsford Richardson in Johnston Cty. ‘75 Grad. Davidson, he owned pharmacy in GSO. W/BIL, Vick invented Vapo-Rub — AND Junk Mail. Trustee of Palmer Memorial Inst., he died of SP Flu. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/12/30/lunsford-richardson-inventor-of-vaporub-and-junk-mail …pic.twitter.com/vrkzLZZB1a
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#OTD 1835 USG & Cherokees claiming tribal representation met in New Echota, GA. They signed an agreement that set in motion The Trail Of Tears. Majority opposed & Chief John Ross wrote in protest but Congress approved. https://www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2015/12/29/the-treaty-of-new-echota-and-the-trail-of-tears …pic.twitter.com/lNRX144RVP
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#OTD 1890 The US 7th Cavalry Massacred 150+ Lakota men, women, & children at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/day-history-december-29-1890-wounded-knee-massacre/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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“An injury to one is the concern of all” The Knights of Labor founded
#OTD in 1869#ushistory#LaborHistory#Inequalitypic.twitter.com/gKCsUD0uq8
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