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Thanksgiving is a perfectly American holiday. Nothing religious. No victory celebration. Just a time for Americans to gather at the feast, whatever that means.
Published: Monday, November 21st, 2022 @ 7:48 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Patrick Henry to the Virginia Convention to Ratify the US Constitution, in June 1788: "The great object is that every man be armed."
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 @ 7:04 am
By: Diane Rufino
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An East Carolina University student-made film about the mysterious Lost Colony is the first of several ECU productions expected to debut on UNC-TV.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2016 @ 1:35 am
By: ECU News Services
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An East Carolina University student-made film about the mysterious Lost Colony is the first of several ECU productions expected to debut on UNC-TV.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 5:50 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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Since the landing of English settlers off the coast of what is now North Carolina, midwifery has been practiced.
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 12:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The 1669 act was an early regulation of marriage in Carolina. The statute was enacted by the Lords Proprietors, who governed according to the Charter of 1663 (above). image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2013 @ 10:39 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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The Outer Banks are a series of barrier islands that stretch nearly 200 miles along the North Carolina coast.
Published: Sunday, December 9th, 2012 @ 10:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sarah Woodson watched the arrow as it plunged into her husband's chest. She watched as John Woodson fell from his horse, surrounded by Indians with tomahawks raised high.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2012 @ 11:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Within these gathered groups of information from Diane Rufino, we are provided a timeline to American Civil War, and the Resolutions of Secession from South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
Published: Thursday, September 15th, 2011 @ 11:27 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Young adults often wonder what their rights are in the public school system with respect to religion.
Published: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 @ 10:59 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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