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Elizabeth City, NC
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A belated happy International Museum Day to our friends and partners at @moaecity!
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A golden opportunity awaits! 🌉 California's @GoldenGateNPS is one of the locations for #AmericasFieldTrip. Students can take a candlelight tour of Fort Point, listen to stories of the West Coast, and more!
You have until May 17th to enter: america250.org/fieldtrip #America250
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We hosted Albemarle History Day @ecsu for the first time today and had so much fun! Thanks to the amazing teachers and students who joined us and our campus and community partners who helped make the contest possible! We are proud to be the new home of @NationalHistory in NE NC! – at Norfolk, VA
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Correction: The Women of Somerset Place tour will take place on Saturday, March 2nd at 10 AM.
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#OnThisDay in 1964, Black feminist activist, scholar, and educator Anna Julia Haywood Cooper died at age 105.
Born in Raleigh, Anna Julia Haywood Cooper was one of our state's early, outspoken suffragists. (1/3)
ALT Credit: Frontispiece, A Voice from the South: By a Black Woman of the South, by Anna Julia Cooper, 1892
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Exploring the beach one step at a time…
#currituckobx #corollanc #visitnc #wildhorsewednesday #ncwildhorses
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7 Elizabeth City area papers, with issues dating back to 1856, are now online thanks to our partner @moaecity and our staff at our satellite @GRLittleLibrary at @ECSU
digitalnc.org/blog/nell-crop…
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"I must sing my song. There may be other songs more beautiful than mine, but I must sing the song God gave me to sing, and I must sing it until death." -- Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Read more about the life and impact of Dr. Brown at slnc.info/CHB-K8.
ALT Older Black woman standing next to a sculpture of Alice Freeman Palmer. Caption - Portrait of Charlotte Hawkins Brown with a sculpture of Alice Freeman Palmer, taken in 1955. Alice Palmer was a friend of Charlotte Hawkins Brown and contributed to fundraising to build the Palmer Memorial Institute. This image is from the collection of the Charlotte Hawkins Brown state historic site."
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Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring, which means it's about time to start preparing your garden. 🌱🌷 Learn from our Extension experts about what to plant, prune, propagate and more as we get ready for the spring season: ncst.at/JhyQ50QxcyU
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See you in 2 days for #AACC2024! The African American Cultural Celebration serves as the statewide kickoff to #BlackHistoryMonth in North Carolina. Make sure to visit nc-aacc.com to check out everything we have planned for the celebration on Saturday!
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Send your name to the Moon!
Our VIPER rover will explore the lunar South Pole, studying shadowy craters and searching for frozen water—and you can sign up to add your name before it lifts off: go.nasa.gov/4aHpDhE
ALT An illustration of the VIPER Moon rover traversing the lunar surface. The rover is large in the center of the image, and its lights illuminate the Moon’s surface before it. Credit: NASA
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One of DNCR's popular programs is the Moonshine to Motorsports Trail. This initiative celebrates NC's rich history in motorsports and distilling.
More: dncr.nc.gov/explore/trip-ide…
📷: @ncculture
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We are pleased to announce that two districts and 15 individual properties across the state have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Learn more here: dncr.nc.gov/news/press-relea…
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Happy National Cocoa Day! Did you know that Elizabeth City is the Hot Cocoa Capital of the world?
Whether you’re in Elizabeth City or not, we think today is the perfect day to drink some hot cocoa to warm your taste buds☕
📷 @visitecity
ALT A mug of hot cocoa with whipped cream and chocolate drizzle
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Wild horses on North Carolina's Outer Banks are truly a unique treasure. On #NationalHorseDay, here's a story from @ourstatemag of one woman's mission to save the wild horses of Shackleford Banks: ourstate.com/how-one-woman-s…
Image: Charles Harris, @ourstatemag
ALT A horse in a field of green grass
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We cannot wait to commemorate African American history with you all through music, art, dance, food, and more! nc-aacc.com
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For over 20 years, this celebration has brought together African American community members, organizations, authors, artists, musicians, and more, around a central theme to highlight the contributions that African Americans, past and present, have made to NC history and culture.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The African American Cultural Celebration is back on Saturday, January 27, 2024! The theme is, "Our North Carolina Expressed through the Arts."
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Happy #NationalPickleDay! On January 2, 1926, the Mt. Olive Pickle Company was formally incorporated in Wayne County. Mt. Olive Pickle Company started an employee profit sharing program in 1943, becoming one of the first companies in the country to do so.
ALT A sign that says: "Welcome to Mount Olive; The Pickle Capital."