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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign (Images of America)

John F. Kennedy's North Carolina Campaign (Images of America) Review


On September 17, 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democratic

nominee for president, flew to Greenville for a campaign rally

on the campus of East Carolina College. Kennedy's ECC rally was

part of a marathon daylong blitz that continued statewide through

Greensboro and Charlotte. The campaign intended to go as far west

as Asheville but due to inclement weather concluded with dinner at

the governor's mansion in Raleigh and a rally at Reynolds Coliseum.

With photographs as key primary sources, John F. Kennedy's North

Carolina Campaign explores what happened that day, why it happened,

and its significance in North Carolina's political history. While the

book focuses on the East Carolina College rally, which was the first

of the day, Kennedy's subsequent rallies ultimately bore statewide and

national significance, making it impossible to examine only one stop

without contextualizing it in relation to the remainder. Read more...


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Monday, March 12, 2012

Biltmore Estate (Images of America: North Carolina)

Biltmore Estate (Images of America: North Carolina) Review


Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, has captured the fascination of people everywhere for over 100 years. Created in the 1890s by George Washington Vanderbilt, a member of one of America's wealthiest families, the estate combined a 250-room French Renaissance style chateau with 125,000 acres of gardens, forests, and working farms. Biltmore House served as Vanderbilt's primary residence for almost 20 years. After Mr. Vanderbilt's death in 1914, life at Biltmore continued for his wife Edith and daughter Cornelia. In 1930, Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil and her husband, Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil, opened Biltmore House the largest private home in the United States to the public, firmly establishing the Asheville area as a major tourist destination. Read more...


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