In 1991, while visiting Charlotte with fiance Larry Fortensky to promote her new perfume, Elizabeth Taylor apparently went unrecognized when she stopped her limo and entered Bojangles’ to order a takeout bucket of chicken.
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What, you expected her to use the drive-thru?
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged bojangles', charlotte, elizabeth taylor, fried chicken, larry fortensky on March 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
3-ton statue weighs in for Meck Dec
Posted in History, Tar Heelia, tagged captain james jack, charlotte, equestrian statues, greensboro, mecklenburg declaration of independence, nathanael greene, r.j. reynolds, Winston-Salem on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whatever your opinion of the long-disputed Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, this bronze-clad sculpture of deliveryman Captain James Jack is quite a piece of advocacy art. I can think of two other examples of equestrian statues in North Carolina: Gen. Nathanael Greene in Greensboro and R. J. Reynolds in Winston-Salem. Are there more?
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