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This Day in NC History: Angry Wilmingtonians protest Stamp Act with mock funeral

Submitted by WWAY on Wed, 10/31/2012 - 5:45pm.READ MORE:
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On October 31, 1765, angry Wilmingtonians held a mock funeral for Liberty the day before the Stamp Act was to go into effect. The Stamp Act placed taxes on most forms of paper in the colonies, including newspapers, letters, pamphlets and wills. Full story...
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This Day in NC History: James Walker Hood died

Submitted by WWAY on Tue, 10/30/2012 - 9:25am.READ MORE:
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On October 30, 1918, James Walker Hood died. Hood, as a missionary in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, was sent in 1863 to North Carolina where he served black congregations in New Bern and Beaufort. Full story...
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This Day in NC History: Stock market crashed

Submitted by WWAY on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 10:56am.READ MORE:
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On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed earning the day the epithet “Black Tuesday.” It was the beginning of the Great Depression. However, hard times hit North Carolina’s farmers before the Great Depression of the 1930s. Full story...
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This Day in NC History: George Washington orders Nathaniel Greene to command southern army

Submitted by WWAY on Mon, 10/22/2012 - 11:06am.READ MORE:
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On October 22, 1780, General George Washington ordered Major General Nathanael Greene to assume command of the southern army. He assumed command in Charlotte, Dec. 3, 1780. Full story...
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This Day in NC History: Contract to build the Confederate ironclad CSS Neuse signed

Submitted by WWAY on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 11:13am.READ MORE:
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On October 17, 1862, the contract was signed to build the Confederate ironclad gunboat CSS Neuse. The vessel was needed to bolster southern naval defenses and to prevent Union occupation of the state’s sounds and estuaries. Full story...
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This Day in NC History: Robert Phifer dies spurring founding of NC Museum of Art

Submitted by WWAY on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 9:22am.READ MORE:
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On October 16, 1928, Robert Phifer, an art collector and native North Carolinian, died. He bequeathed seventy-five paintings and over $1 million to the North Carolina Art Society. The next year the first in a series of temporary art exhibition spaces opened in the Agriculture Building in Raleigh. Full story...
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