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Editor’s note: Another in a series of occasional stories about York County ... a British soldier squeezed a trigger in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The Revolutionary War had begun.
ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — United Way of Onslow County is partnering with Sandy Run Missionary Baptist Church to launch a new program that will feed children over the summer. Starting June 16 ...
The run includes Jacksonville Police Department officers, Chief Jarad Phelps and Onslow County Sheriff’s Office deputies. This benefits Special Olympics North Carolina, a non-profit that helps ...
Copies of “Voices of the Revolutionary War, Remembering Our Patriots In Medina County” was delivered to the Medina County Historical Society from Five Star Printing of Wadsworth. Each library ...
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Volunteer firefighters are sounding the alarm over a new county contract that they say is unfair and could halt their ability to protect the community, while the Onslow ...
Controversy on social media regarding the new contract presented to the Onslow County volunteer fire departments. The contract was presented to the departments last week, giving them until the ...
WITH FLAGS IN HAND, THEY CROSSED INTO JEFFERSONVILLE FOR A SECOND CEREMONY AND A PLAQUE DEDICATION AT A GRAVE OF A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER. HE WAS THE ONLY REMAINING GENERAL OF THE REVOLUTION ...
Attributed to Alonzo Chappel, Fort Ticonderoga Museum Collection ... first shots of the Revolutionary War rang out at Lexington and Concord, a small band of American soldiers, led by Ethan ...
Ten days later, the raid they helped shape — and fight — became the first American offensive victory in the Revolutionary War. On Thursday, the Berkshire County Historical Society, Berkshire Athenaeum ...
Residents gathered to honor Private Rosamond Johnson Jr., the first soldier from Escambia County to die in the Korean War, on Saturday. On July 26, 1950, Johnson, at just 17 years old, heroically ...
An SC250 tour will take attendees to two Revolutionary War sites in the Pee Dee ... 9 a.m.-2 p.m. May 15 and starts at the Florence County Museum. Seats on the bus itself are full, but people ...
Francis Sampson sits on the wall he built at the Oliver Tucker Museum in Beverly where he has been involved for more than 50 years. (Photo by Jess Mancini) BEVERLY — A World War II veteran who ...