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[Note: This originally appeared as a column several years ago in The Nashville Graphic] Maybe you remember that song that helped start the folk music scene of the late 1950s and 1960s. Maybe you remember the Darlings “scratching one off” for Andy Griffith. Or, maybe you just are into folklore. At…
August 1 marked the first official reading of the Declaration of Independence in Halifax. The Halifax Resolves was a key forerunner of the document. With that in mind, here are Declaration tidbits of interest: •Independence from Britain was officially voted on and approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. The final…
It’s sadly ironic that most of us can name three cartoon characters but not the three North Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence. I like to think of myself as a historian and I’d struggle to come up with Joseph Hewes, William Hooper, and John Penn. Let it be noted that…
Note: In working on a project involving my newspaper column, I found this piece about The Halifax Resoloves. This story appeared in part in The Nashville Graphic in June, 2005. It shouldn’t surprise that a document from Halifax County often gets overlooked. Many people have never heard of The Halifax Resolves, and many who have…