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Discover 10 surprising facts about North Carolina in the intellectual playground at 500ways.com/north-carolina ( #NorthCarolina, #theCarolinas, #EasternSeaboard, #NorthCarolinaHistory, #USHistory, #Asheville, #AshevilleNorthCarolina, #Wilmington, #WilmingtonNorthCarolina)
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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1939 Charlotte NC Municipal Airport Postcard
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December 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The lead-up to #Thanksgiving is a good time to celebrate unlikely heroes: companydpodcast/links

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November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Forgotten history - revealed. Ep05, "The Carpetbagger" is out now! companydpodcast.com/links/ #HistoryPodast #WarHero #BlackHistory #HistoryBuff #HistoryNerd #NorthCarolinaHistory #MaineHistory
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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NEW EPISODE: A former Union soldier. Newly freed slaves. And the rise of America's first incorporated Black town. Forgotten history is revealed in Ep05, "The Carpetbagger."

Listen now: companydpodcast.com/episodes/

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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Coming tomorrow, Ep05, "The Carpetbagger." The unlikely story of a former Union soldier helping to establish the first African-American town in the USA. Subscribe now: companydpodcast.com/links/ #CivilWarHistory #NorthCarolinaHistory #Princeville #MaineHistory #HistoryBuff #Historypodcast
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Craven County residents are rallying to save the historic West Street School, a vital symbol of African American heritage and resilience in New Bern.

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Craven County Residents Petition Board to Preserve Historic West Street School Property
Community advocates seek to protect the first school for freed slaves in New Bern.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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September 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Beneath Fontana Lake: A Secret Atomic Purpose and the Unfinished 'Road to Nowhere'
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Fontana Dam: The Drowned Towns and Secret WWII Legacy Behind a Modern Marvel
"Uncover the history of Fontana Dam, a WWII project whose secret purpose displaced 1,300 families and left behind the controversial 'Road to Nowhere.'"
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August 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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#OtD in 1780, the Battle of Ramsour’s Mill was fought in #LincolntonNC

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Battle of Ramsour's Mill Historical Marker
(A historical marker located in Lincolnton in Lincoln County, North Carolina.)
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June 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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June 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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#OtD in 1865, the Skirmish of Morrisville occurred between the forces of Gens. #Sherman and #Kilpatrick near #MorrisvilleNC.

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Skirmish at Morrisville Historical Marker
Near this site was one of the last major cavalry engagements in General Sherman's campaign, known as the skirmish at Morrisville. (A historical marker located in Morrisville in Wake County, North Car...
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April 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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April 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Discover 10 surprising facts about North Carolina at weirdestwebsite.com/north-carolina (#NorthCarolina, #theCarolinas, #EasternSeaboard, #NorthCarolinaHistory, #USHistory, #Asheville, #AshevilleNorthCarolina, #Wilmington, #WilmingtonNorthCarolina)
March 22, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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#OtD in 1942 the Catch-Me-Eye Explosion in Selma, NC claimed the lives of 7 people.

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Catch-Me-Eye Explosion Historical Marker
On March 7, 1942, seven persons were killed and over 100 were injured near this site when a munitions truck collided with an automobile and later exploded. (A historical marker located in Selma in Jo...
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March 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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February 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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#OtD in 1960, students held the Woolworth’s Sit-In in High Point, NC

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On Thursday, February 11, 1960, at the close of the school day, a group of 26 students in High Point became the first high school students in the United States to stage a Woolworth "Sit-In" Demonstration. This action by the high school students followed an earlier demonstration on February 1, 1960 by the "A&T Four" college students in Greensboro. Student organizers of this event were Mary Lou Andrews, Brenda Jean Fountain, Miriam Lynn Fountain and Andrew Dennis McBride. Led by Reverend B. Elton Cox, accompanied by Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, this demonstration was to protest the racial social and educational injustices that existed. Key rallying songs were "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round" and "We Shall Overcome." These, along with prayer, were essential to the student demonstrations. After eight long years of the Civil Rights struggle, efforts began in earnest to heal the city with the forming of an interracial Human Relations Commission, which still exists. "The sit-ins were, without question, productive of the most change… No argument in a court of law could have dramatized the immorality and irrationality of such a custom as did the sit-in… The sit-ins reached far out into the back country. They inspired adult men and women, fathers, mothers, grandmothers, aunts and uncles to support the young students in the cities. Not even the Supreme Court decision on schools in 1954 had done this…" Ralph McGill
February 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The 1898 Wilmington, NC Coup. The untold story of how Black residents were murdered and thousands were banished. Genealogy and research is my passion.
#blackhistory #northcarolinahistory
#genealogyresearch

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February 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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HAPPY #blackhistorymonth. #northcarolina #carolina #blackpeople #northcarolinahistory #blackhistory #blackart #blacksky #goodmorning
February 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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January 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM