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The Presentation, the newspaper and the TV show …(part two): the newspaper article

Below follows a transcription of the 1905 newspaper article – my lead not only into who Dixon was but also the larger story of national healing forty years after the war: Raleigh, News and Observer, Thursday, March 9, 1905 An … Continue reading

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The Presentation, the newspaper, and the TV show… (part one)

Recently, at the NC Civil War Sesquicentennial Memory symposium, I presented a paper on the unveiling of the North Carolina Appomattox monument. My paper explored Reunion over the concept of valor between North and South but division over valor between … Continue reading

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The Civil War in the North Carolina Family Records Collection

During the Wednesday event of our North Carolina Archives Week celebration, “Getting to Know Your Family: the Family Records Collection of the State Archives and State Library,” Druscie and Amy pointed out that veterans are one of the indexed subjects … Continue reading

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