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Lillian Cecelia Haynes Jordan, age 93, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 13, 2026 peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her 5 children.
Published: Friday, April 17th, 2026 @ 7:03 am
By: Announcements
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My recent column about North Carolina’s “First in Freedom” claim established the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. But now, as legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey frequently said, you’re going to hear “the rest of the story.”
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 11:26 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The "Old North State" celebrates its 233rd Birthday.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 8:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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WE have all been living in a "twilight zone" where we were forced to remain at home and await a pandemic that was predicted to take 2 million US Lives.
Published: Friday, May 1st, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Today many of us think of Edenton as a beautiful, quaint vacation town along the Albemarle Sound. But Edenton was a political and intellectual hub in North Carolina in the early days of the United States.
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 8:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Barker-Moore House, also known simply as the Barker House, is currently home to the Edenton Historical Commission and is open to the public for tours.
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2013 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the mid-1700s, Edenton served as a major port, and Robert Carteret, the last of the Lords Proprietors and the Earl of Granville, requested that a grand house be designed for governmental business, including tax collection.
Published: Sunday, September 8th, 2013 @ 10:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first natives in the region were the Weapemeoc, and their central trading town, also called Weapemeoc, was located near the present site of Edenton.
Published: Monday, August 5th, 2013 @ 3:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"If you would understand anything," wrote Aristotle, "observe its beginning and its development." Without a solid grounding in the history of our state, North Carolinians cannot hope to chart the right course for the future.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 10:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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