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Wallace Wade Stadium
1916-1945
The Wallace Wade Stadium, which was originally named the Duke Stadium, is the home of Duke’s football team, the Blue Devils. The stadium also owns a special niche in college football history; it is the only facility outside Pasadena, California, to host the Rose Bowl. In 1967, in honor of its legendary football coach, the stadium’s name was changed to Wallace Wade Stadium.
Lillian Exum Clement Stafford (1894 – 1925)
Lillian Exum Clement (later Stafford) became the first woman elected to the North Carolina General Assembly and the first woman to serve in any state legislature in the American South.
Woodson v. North Carolina
Woodson v. North Carolina was a case that went before the US Supreme Court in 1976 and ended being the catalyst that overturned the Tar Heel States mandatory death sentence.
Waste Industries USA, Inc
Waste Industries USA, Inc. is based out of Raleigh, North Carolina and is one of the fastest growing waste and recycling service companies in the Southeast. Lonnie C. Poole Jr., a graduate from NC State University, founded the company in 1970.
The Test
On the eve of the American Revolution, the Vestry of St. Paul's Church in Edenton wrote "The Test," which helped fan the flames of independence within the colony of North Carolina.
Port Act
The Port Act was the tipping point that ignited revolutionary passions and talk concerning independence among North Carolinians.
Blackbeard the Pirate
With its shallow inlets, North Carolina’s Outer Banks became a haven for many pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The most notable was the Pirate Blackbeard.
Daniel Earl
Rev. Daniel Earle from Edenton publicly stood against Britain and their infractions of the rights of free peoples.
Wallace Wade Stadium
The Wallace Wade Stadium, which was originally named the Duke Stadium, is the home of Duke’s football team, the Blue Devils. The stadium also owns a special niche in college football history; it is the only facility outside Pasadena, California, to host the Rose Bowl. In 1967, in honor of its legendary football coach, the stadium’s name was changed to Wallace Wade Stadium.
Mount Olive Pickle Company
Located at the corner of Cucumber and Vine Street, in Mount Olive, North Carolina, the Mt. Olive Pickle Company has grown to be the largest independent pickle company in the United States.
Queen Anne’s Revenge
During the early 1700s, the Pirate Blackbeard terrorized the seas off the coast of North Carolina and became a notorious villain. His vessel, The Queen Anne’s Revenge, was as equally infamous.
Barker House
The Barker House was built in 1782 in Edenton, North Carolina, for Thomas and Penelope Barker. Penelope Barker presided over the notorious Edenton Tea Party on October 25, 1774.
Richard Caswell (1729 – 1789)
Richard Caswell was not only one of the first of delegates chosen to represent North Carolina at the first Continental Congress but he was also the first and fifth governor of the Tar Heel State.