Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at the age of 96. After 70 years on the throne, she was the longest-reigning monarch in British history.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 3:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Voyages Series to focus on making a difference through sustainability, activism and diversity
Published: Tuesday, August 9th, 2022 @ 10:52 am
By: ECU News Services
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Rosemarie Wilson Edwards, 90, a resident of 212 Riverside Drive in Washington, NC, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Sunday, December 9, 2018
Published: Tuesday, December 11th, 2018 @ 10:28 am
By: Announcements
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The threat of severe weather - not just rain, but lightning and high winds - forced the cancellation of East Carolina University's main commencement ceremony at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, but graduates remained in good spirits and will celebrate at indoor departmental recognition ceremonies
Published: Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 @ 5:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Democrats have, for decades, made mincemeat out of GOP nominees simply because they disagreed with them.
Published: Monday, February 9th, 2015 @ 4:12 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Beaufort County Community College graduate Michael R. Cobb recently participated in research that may have discovered the site of the long-sought-after Lost Colony.
Published: Friday, December 5th, 2014 @ 7:52 am
By: Judy Jennette
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The August 24, 1587 baptism of Virginia Dare, the first English born Christian in the New World. Image courtesy of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC.
Published: Sunday, June 15th, 2014 @ 1:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although Raleigh did not lead these expeditions to the New World, he funded and authorized them.
Published: Saturday, May 31st, 2014 @ 11:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Before Sir Walter Raleigh’s expedition landed on the Outer Banks in 1585, French and Spanish explorers traveled across modern-day North Carolina and led the European powers in claiming American land.
Published: Sunday, January 12th, 2014 @ 9:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Sissipahaw and Occaneechi lived and inhabited what is present-day Wake County, and English and Scotch-Irish settlers from northern states moved into the area during the seventeenth century.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2013 @ 11:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We can be surrounded by our past yet remain clueless. Street signs, for instance, help commuters and travelers find their final destinations. Those signs can...
Published: Friday, May 24th, 2013 @ 11:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Maybe more so than any other novelist below the Mason-Dixon line, including the 19th-century William Gilmore Simms of South Carolina, Inglis Fletcher of North Carolina painted the most comprehensive, historical portrait of the land on which she lived.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Created by the State of North Carolina in 1792 as a planned capital city, the area encompassing present-day Raleigh, North Carolina had a handful of sparse colonial settlements as early as the 1760s.
Published: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 @ 2:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I was introduced to the work of award-winning novelist Guy Owen, I found an author whose subject matter captivated my attention.
Published: Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 @ 3:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dare County, one of North Carolina's coastal counties, has a rich history with national significance.
Published: Saturday, November 24th, 2012 @ 6:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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