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2nd Saturdays Programs at the Outer Banks History Center Focus on 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War

[This blog post comes from KaeLi Schurr of the Outer Banks History Center and is cross-posted on the History For All The People blog] 2nd Saturdays Programs at the Outer Banks History Center Focus on 150th Anniversary of the American … Continue reading

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First Wednesdays – Henry Lawson Wyatt

The months following Lincoln’s presidential election were filled with political maneuverings by the United States government as well as by the nascent Confederate government. A political solution to the crises essentially ended when Confederate forces fired on the United States … Continue reading

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After the Storm

Clean-up has begun at the North Carolina State Archives and Library Building following the tornadoes that hit downtown Raleigh and the greater part of eastern North Carolina on Saturday. We lost a large tree, but otherwise the building seems to … Continue reading

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Civil War Signature poster series #2 Memory

The North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial Committee offers the second in a series of signature posters pertaining to the commemoration of the Civil War.  Poster #2 – Memory is connected to the upcoming Memory symposium in May 2011.  The poster … Continue reading

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Freedom, Sacrifice, Memory: Civil War Sesquicentennial Photo Exhibit

[This blog post comes from a Dept. of Cultural Resources press release – you can find other news related to NC Cultural Resources here.] RALEIGH – It is called a brother’s war, and nowhere was that more true than in … Continue reading

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Civil War Images in Flickr

I was looking for something else in our Flickr account and came across where our Non-Textual Materials Archivist, Kim Cumber, has put together a set of Civil War related photographs from our collections. If you aren’t familiar with Flickr or … Continue reading

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