Posted in DigitalNC, History on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Looking through the collection of yearbooks from North Carolina Wesleyan College that were recently digitized by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, I was interested in this photo, which shows a group of students welcoming President Lyndon Johnson to Rocky Mount in 1964, the visit that resulted in the now iconic photos of the President [...]
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged NC House Speaker Liston Ramsey, NC Rep Ivan Mothershead, nc Rep. Dan Lilley, NC Rep. Frank Mitchell, NC Sen Marc Basnight, NC Sen. Bob Shaw, NC Sen. Fletcher Hartsell on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I recalled some favorite quotes from North Carolina legislators. A few more dug from the same drawer: “A good day’s pay for a decent salary — I believe in that.” – Rep. Dan Lilley, D-Lenoir, sharing his thoughts on the work ethic (1981) “Walking tackle boxes.” – Rep. Frank Mitchell, R-Iredell, viewing [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, On This Day, Tar Heelia on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Next Day, about 10 a Clock, we struck out of the Way, by the Advice of our Old Indian. We had not gone past two Miles, e’er we met with about 500 Tuskeruros in one Hunting-Quarter. They had made themselves Streets of Houses, built with Pine-Bark, not with round Tops, as they commonly use, but [...]
