After two days of Sam Adams varieties that were nice, decided to get slightly more exotic with my cerveza choice tonight because compared to the months of cold before I got back home this seems nearly tropical #NorthCarolina#beer#alcohol
Register to enjoy a free webinar replay the weekend of 5-7 April 2024 “Migrations 2: North Carolinians on the Move – Reconstruction & Early 20th Century Migration" - the NC Genealogical Society will email a direct link to the recording for viewing between midnight Thursday thru midnight Sunday.
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New free virtual webinar recording on "Tracing Revolutionary War Soldiers at the State Archives of North Carolina" now available on their YouTube channel. Learn about what the records available there can tell you about the Revolutionary War period!
Girls running warping machines in Loray mill, Gastonia, N.C. Many boys and girls much younger. Boss carefully avoided them, and when I tried to get a photo which would include a mite of a boy working at a machine, he was quickly swept out of range. "He isn't working here, just came in to help a little." Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.
"The backlash to #BirthControl comes at a time of rampant #misinformation about basic #health tenets amid poor digital literacy and a wider political debate over #ReproductiveRights, in which far-right #conservatives argue that broad acceptance of birth control has altered traditional #gender roles...
"women frequently come in for #abortions after believing what they see on #SocialMedia about the dangers of hormonal #BirthControl and the effectiveness of tracking periods to prevent pregnancy.
Eugene Bell, House 48 Loray Mill. Said he was 12 years old. (question). "Leastwise that's what mother says." (I am convinced that many children believe they are as old as they say they are,--their parents have misstated their ages so long.) Worked most two years--sweeping. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.
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June 2, 1983: Beyond Carvers Gap, the trees rapidly began to thin out along the ridge crest. Near the top of Round Bald stood a small cluster of red pines.
#NorthCarolina's state bird is the northern red cardinal. What these striking red birds lack in brains they make up for in their talent for mimickry....which is cool until they start mimicking car alarms.
John Holland. Said he was 10 years old. Has had a regular job for some months rolling bobbins in the Deep River Mill. Been helping the father and brother a year. Location: Randleman, North Carolina.
Trenton Mill, Gastonia, N.C. Smallest boy, Tom Jenkins. Said 13 years old. Been in mill 3 years. Brother Walter Jenkins. Said 15 years old. Been in mill four years. Location: Gastonia, North Carolina.
BREAKING: #NorthCarolina court strikes down power-grab law that transfers the ability to appoint members to the state board of elections from Gov. Roy Cooper (D) to the Republican-controlled state legislature. #legal
In #NorthCarolina, Michele Morrow, the #Republicans' choice for state school superintendent, has called for #JoeBiden, #BarackObama, and other Democrats to be executed by firing squad. She appears to be a #QAnon believer, using its slogan "WWG1WGA" and accusing various people of harvesting adrenochrome from babies.
Morrow's own kids are homeschooled, and she advocates dissolving the very public school system she's running to be in charge of.