Posted in History, Just A Bite, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on June 15, 2011 | 3 Comments »
With the battle over the state budget now behind them, legislators in Raleigh moved on to pondering other weighty matters-like selecting the official state sport and state mineral. In a nod to Junior Johnson, Richard Petty and the Charlotte Motor Speedway (pictured in the postcard above), lawmakers voted to make stock car racing the state [...]
Posted in Artifact of the Month, History, Just A Bite, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia on June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This entry is the first in a monthly series highlighting the artifacts held by the North Carolina Collection Gallery. The Artifact of the Month for June is a place setting of the Carolina Inn’s pine-motif china. The Gallery possesses a dinner plate, salad plate, bread plate, soup cup, and tea cup and saucer. The salad [...]
