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If we look back on our grade school education, we remember being taught the very fundamentals of what went on at the Constitutional Convention.
Published: Thursday, July 4th, 2024 @ 7:40 am
By: Diane Rufino
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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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In recent elections, North Carolina has often been referred to as a battleground state. In some ways, that was the case in the late 1780s. On November 21, 1789, North Carolina approved the U.S. Constitution. It was not a quick decision.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 8:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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This week we are celebrating the signing of the U.S. Constitution, our nation’s governing document.
Published: Saturday, September 19th, 2020 @ 11:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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A few weeks ago, I was identifying to some friends the various founders in an online photo of Howard Chandler Christy's famous painting, Signing of the Constitution of the United States.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 @ 6:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Josiah Collins, Sr. was born near Taunton, Somersetshire, England in August 1735 as the son of David and Joan Collins.
Published: Sunday, September 22nd, 2013 @ 11:34 am
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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After reading letters addressed to him, Nathaniel Macon burned them. More than once, he likely tossed the papers into the fireplace in the spartan...
Published: Friday, July 26th, 2013 @ 2:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; It is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
Published: Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 @ 1:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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