On December 17, 1903, on a cold, wind-swept stretch of sand near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, two bicycle makers from Dayton, Ohio quietly altered the trajectory of human history. Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved what generations of inventors, engineers, and dreamers had failed to…
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The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, often referred to as the Wilmington Race Riot, is a pivotal but often overlooked chapter in American history. It stands as the only instance of a municipal government being forcibly overthrown in the United States. On November 10, 1898,…
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On August 23, 1784, a new nation was created just west of North Carolina. Merely a few years after the United States gained its independence, the short-lived Republic of Franklin was born, but it was also short-lived. “The previous April, the state of North…
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