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North Carolina is known as the “Old North State” and the “Tar Heel State.” The University of North Carolina’s mascot is the Tar Heels. But there isn’t total agreement on where the nickname started. When I was in elementary school, most of the attribution for the nickname had Civil War roots. The most common I…
I’ve made no secret on this blog about my fascination of Zebulon Vance, who served as North Carolina’s governor during the Civil War and later as a senator. He was a flawed person — like all of us — but he was quite a character. But I truly enjoyed learning more about him while researching…