I did not serve with Lt. General Harold Moore but I benefited from his trail blazing techniques in the use of helicopter warfare. May have possible seen the movie about the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14-15, 1965 at LZ X-Ray in South Vietnam.
Published: Saturday, February 18th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory helped kick off construction of the new State Employees' Credit Union Memorial Walkway today at the USS North Carolina Battleship
Published: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 @ 5:31 am
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina has, over time, developed a reputation as a battleground state. Tar Heels may be surprised to learn, however, that North Carolinians, with opposing opinions, once unfortunately settled their political debate on an actual battleground -- the 1771 Battle of Alamance.
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016 @ 4:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 1787-89 debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution, for example, North Carolina's population was divided over the necessity of a new constitution and what became known as the Bill of Rights.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 @ 7:27 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Thursday, August 13th, 2015 @ 9:58 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This has been one of the most trying months in America leading up to July 4. We have the tragic shooting in SC with their Legislature now debating whether to remove the Confederate Battle Flag from their complex.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 9:17 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Yesterday’s news was full of the “Great Flag Controversy.” I was born in Pickens County. SC, while my father was Pastor of the Liberty First Baptist Church.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2015 @ 5:21 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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Two East Carolina University alumni were the principal investigators in the Oct. 21 discovery of two shipwrecks from an important World War II naval battle off the North Carolina coast.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 7:53 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The Cherokee were the first Native American residents of present-day Buncombe County, and German, Scottish, and English settlers inhabited the area in the early to mid-1700s.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 12:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1781, Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis of the British Army defeated Major General Nathanael Greene in a brief but critical Revolutionary War skirmish later known as the Battle of the Guilford Court House.
Published: Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 @ 1:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that $500,000 from the Office of State Budget and Management's Repair and Renovation Contingency Reserve has been allocated to the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, the state's World War II memorial, to repair its hull.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2014 @ 3:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today.
Published: Thursday, February 6th, 2014 @ 10:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Bill Moyers - for many years an advocate on television for liberal causes - recently gave North Carolina a lesson in how to disguise bias and distortions as news, and we should pay attention to how he did it.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Born in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 28, 1818, Wade Hampton III was heir to one of the largest fortunes in the South. Wade Hampton III was a proficient businessman and legislator, who had misgivings about the slavery system.
Published: Saturday, December 7th, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Alvania Battle Moore, of 1930 N.C. Highway 33, Edward, died Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at Ridgewood Manor, Washington.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2013 @ 2:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Named in honor of the first president of the United States, George Washington, the coastal county of Washington was established in 1799.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 11:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A county located on the border between the coastal and piedmont sections of the state, Nash County has long been heralded as a leading agricultural county in the state of North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Schools held its annual Middle School Battle of the Books competition on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2013 @ 8:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Crowds gathered in a Greene County field March 23 to observe the official dedication of a monument commemorating the deadly 1713 battle between colonists and the Tuscarora Nation at Fort Nooherooka. The dedication was among several days of events...
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 9:02 am
By: ECU News Services
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This month, East Carolina University will solemnly mark a Colonial era battle that redefined North Carolina and changed the direction of American history with a three-day event, "Nooherooka 300."
Published: Saturday, March 16th, 2013 @ 2:22 pm
By: ECU News Services
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North Carolina surgeon and physician groups are squaring off against hospitals in a regulatory reform battle with potentially hundreds of millions of taxpayer and insurance dollars at stake.
Published: Monday, February 25th, 2013 @ 11:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Who gets to run Charlotte Douglas International Airport has become a prickly, billion-dollar turf battle. City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County officials want to ground what they see as an unnecessary power grab orchestrated by...
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2013 @ 11:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I've been researching the topic for several months, as part of a book project, and have come across a number of fascinating historical figures who deserve to be better known to North Carolinians.
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 @ 6:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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No matter what happens in the gubernatorial election this year, a political string will be broken - our governor will no longer hail from Eastern North Carolina.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2012 @ 10:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today is the sesquicentennial of the first day of the Battle of Seven Pines. It was a key moment in the brief history of the Confederate States of America, the long history of the United States of America, and the very long history of unintended consequences.
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 11:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On this date in 1771, two large groups of armed North Carolinians were camped about six mile away from each other in what is now Alamance County.
Published: Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 @ 6:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A funeral for Mrs. Laura B. Battle will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mark AME Church, Rocky Mount. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Hunter Odom Funeral Home, 240 Atlantic Ave., Rocky Mount, and other times at the home.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2011 @ 1:08 pm
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Laura B. Battle, a resident of 401 Davenport St., Rocky Mount, died Thursday, July 28, 2011. Arrangements will be announced by Leon Randolph Funeral Home, 208 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Washington.
Published: Saturday, July 30th, 2011 @ 5:31 pm
By: Announcements
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In 208 AD, events were set in place in ancient China that pitched a huge battle between the Northern aggressors upon two provinces in the South, which set the troubled tone for centuries.
Published: Sunday, January 24th, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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