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FORT JOHNSTON

Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the officers quarters remain.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

Gov. Gabriel Johnston ordered construction of fort, 1745. Burned by defiant colonists, 1775. Rebuilt later. Only the officers quarters remain.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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HURRICANE HAZEL

Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

Category 4 storm made landfall at Long Beach, October 15, 1954, with winds over 140 mph & 17-foot surge. Nineteen people killed in N.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

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TIMOTHY BLOODWORTH

U.S. Senator, 1795-1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790-91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788, 1789. Lived near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

U.S. Senator, 1795-1801; member, U.S. House, in First Congress, 1790-91. Opposed ratification of U.S. Constitution, 1788, 1789. Lived near here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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DAVID WALKER ca. 1796-1830

His Appeal, influential 1829 pamphlet, denounced slavery. A free black, he grew up in Wilmington; moved to Boston by 1825.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

His Appeal, influential 1829 pamphlet, denounced slavery. A free black, he grew up in Wilmington; moved to Boston by 1825.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

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MISSILE TESTS

U.S. Navy successfully tested ramjet engines in rocket flights, 1946-48. Observation towers line Topsail Island; Assembly Building 2 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

U.S. Navy successfully tested ramjet engines in rocket flights, 1946-48. Observation towers line Topsail Island; Assembly Building 2 blocks west.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

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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 Historical...

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 Program,...

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...

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...

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 used...

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...

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)

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....

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 their...

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 their...

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 Marker...

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...

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...

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 Marker...

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...

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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