ALEX MANLY 1866-1944
Edited black-owned Daily Record four blocks east. Mob burned his office, Nov. 10, 1898, leading to "race riot" & restrictions on black voting in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway...
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W. H. C. WHITING 1824-1865
Confederate major general and engineer. He devised the Cape Fear defense system. Wounded nearby in fall of fort. Died in Union hospital.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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FALL OF WILMINGTON
Union assault on Hoke's entrenched Confederates led to the city's fall, February 22, 1865. Earthworks were nearby.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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TOPSAIL BATTERY
Confederate breastworks were constructed in this vicinity in 1862 to protect Wilmington from an attack from the north and for coastal defense.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CORNELIUS HARNETT 1723-1781
Revolutionary statesman. Prominent in resistance to British rule and the creation of independent N.C. Home was 1/4 mi. N.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...
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FORT MACON
Built by U.S. Corps of Engineers, 1826-34. Good example of brick fort. Seized by Confederates, April 14, 1861. Scene of battle, April 25, 1862.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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SIEGE OF FORT MACON
Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full page here (NC Marker ID CC3)
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FORT MACON
Built 1826-34 to protect Beaufort Inlet. Replaced Fort Hampton. State park. 5 1/2 miles southeast.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission....
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JACOB HENRY ca. 1775-1847
First Jewish member of N.C. legislature, 1808. Delivered a landmark address on religious freedom. Lived here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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KING SOLOMON LODGE
First African American Masonic lodge in N.C.; est. 1865. Erected in 1870, the building was moved here in 1920s.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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ANDREW'S CHAPEL
Est. 1802 to serve all local Methodists. After 1864 mother church for the A.M.E. Zion faith, it became St. Peter’s, 1879. Stood 1/10 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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SPANISH ATTACK
Spanish force landed and captured Beaufort, 1747. Driven away a few days later by local troops.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
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WOMEN MARINES
During World War II, 20,000 women trained for non- combat roles in the U.S. Marine Corps at facilities 4 1/2 mi. S.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAROLINA CITY
Union occupied the town March 22, 1862, & used this area in staging the Fort Macon campaign. Union camps remained in vicinity until 1865.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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GRAHAM A. BARDEN 1896-1967
Congressman, 1935-61. Secured military bases for eastern N.C.; advocated Taft-Hartley labor relations act. Grave 4 blocks northwest.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and...
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MONTFORD POINT
Recruit training depot for black Marines, 1942-1949. In 1974 renamed Camp Johnson for Sgt. Gilbert Johnson, drill instructor. One mi. SE.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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CYRUS THOMPSON 1855-1930
Physician and orator. Secretary of State of N.C., 1897-1901. Farmers' Alliance and Populist leader. Grave 4 mi. W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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CAMP LEJEUNE
Established 1 May 1941 by the U.S. Marine Corps for amphibious training. Named for Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, USMC, 13th Commandant, 1920-1929.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...
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BAYARD WOOTTEN 1875-1959
Pioneer photographer of N.C. and the South. An advocate of equal rights for women. Began career ca. 1904 in this house where she was born.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical...
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RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT
A signer of the U.S. Constitution; governor, 1792-95. R. D. Spaight, Jr., governor, 1835-36. Graves two miles S.W.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with...
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