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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1898, the 1st North Carolina Regiment was dispatched to Camp Cuba Libre in Jacksonville, Florida, for service in the Spanish-American … Continue reading Thursday, May 22, 2025

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1861, a poem titled “North Carolina: A Call to Arms!!!” was likely printed as a broadside or handbill just after … Continue reading Wednesday, May 21, 2025

TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1775, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was allegedly produced when Mecklenburg County residents declared themselves “free and independent people.” The so-called … Continue reading Tuesday, May 20, 2025

MONDAY, MAY 19, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1942, Curly Neal, an American basketball guard for the Harlem Globetrotters from 1963 to 1985, was born in Greensboro. Neal, … Continue reading Monday, May 19, 2025

SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1916, Asheville resident Kiffin Rockwell became the first American to down an enemy aircraft in World War I while serving … Continue reading Sunday, May 18, 2025

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1956, American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was born in Wilmington. Leonard won Olympic gold in the light-welterweight class at the … Continue reading Saturday, May 17, 2025

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1771, the Battle of Alamance, which some mistakenly considered the start of the American Revolution, was the Regulator Movement’s final … Continue reading Friday, May 16, 2025

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1950, Raleigh journalist W.E. Debnam published Weep No More, My Lady in response to former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s column … Continue reading Thursday, May 15, 2025

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1889, the North Carolina Granite Company was founded in Surry County. The company, home to the world’s largest open-faced granite … Continue reading Wednesday, May 14, 2025

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1913, the town of Salem merged with the city of Winston to form Winston-Salem through the election of a new … Continue reading Tuesday, May 13, 2025