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TRYON PALACE HISTORIC SITES GARDENS
Experience the ^Days of Jubilee'
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Days of Council of Friends
Jubilee: African VOLUME? NUMBER4 SUMMER2007
Americans and the Publisher: Karen O'Connell
Reconstruction Era Editor: Vina Hutchinson Farmer
in Eastern North Contributors: Paul Brown, Fran Campbell,
Vina Hutchinson Farmer,
Carolina through a
Cheryl Kite, Diana Bell-Kite,
free exhibit featured
J. Dean Knight, Karen O'Connell,
in Tryon Palace
Nancy Richards, Lisa Wimpfheimer
Historic Sites &
Graphic Artist: Christine Farver,
Gardens' Visitor
Farver Design Studio
Center.
TRYON PALACE COUNCIL OF FRIENDS
Funded by a
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
generous grant from
President: David L. Ward Jr.
the Harold H. Bate Vice President: Carson Brice
Foundation, Days Kitrye Bailey
of Jubilee showcases Dr. Sidney Barnwell
images, artifacts and Anne Bradford
first-person accounts Ellen Chance
D. Hayes Clement
and is open daily
Dr. Jeffrey Crow, ex officio
through February
Judy Easley
The Days of Jubilee exhibit, which runs through February 2008, sboircases im-
2008.
June Ficklen
ages, artifacts and first-person accounts. Admission is free.
The Reconstruction
Nancy Freemon
era, which lasted Dr. Samuel Gilmore
from 1863-1877, was a period during which Americans sought to redefine freedom Jeanette Hyde
and democracy. The Civil War brought the end of slavery, and the debates of Carole Kemp
Reconstruction centered on the role of nearly four million freed people in the Bob Mattocks, ex officio
American democracy. African Americans fervently joined in this process. Nelson McDaniel
Patricia Naumann
When Federal forces seized control of New Bern early during the Civil War,
Karen O'Connell, ex officio
thousands of enslaved African Americans freed themselves by escaping to Union
Cece Scott
lines. They created their own communities, including one in James City, across the
Ginny Smith
Trent River from New Bern. Here, African Americans and Federal officials established
Jennifer Stallings
a settlement where nearly 3,000 people lived, owned businesses, joined churches, and Torrey Stroud
attended school. Alice Tolson
Though the Reconstruction era offered many new opportunities, African Americans Charlotte Weaver
also experienced the disappointment of unfulfilled promises and found that the end Dr. Zebulon Weaver III
of Reconstruction was followed by the rise of Jim Crow laws that limited their voting Kay Williams, ex officio
Joe Zaytoun
rights. Still, black Carolinians maintained the struggle for equality through the 20th
Robert Zaytoun
century.
The Palace is published four times a year
Days offubilee is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m.
by the Tryon Palace Council of Friends
Sunday. The exhibit also features a complimentary audio companion, available for
to provide information about and build
check-out at the Visitor Center front desk. ♦
support for Tryon Palace Historic Sites
& Gardens. We welcome your comments
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and suggestions. Send correspondence
In the Antebellum South, a white man's personal honor was his most cherished
to Vina Hutchinson Farmer, Editor,
possession. By the beginning of the 19th century, though, the frequency of dueling
The Palace, RO. Box 1007, New Bern,
and other honor-related encounters decreased in the North while becoming ever NC 28563. Telephone: [phone].
more important in the South. The cover illustration features a section of a 1763 Fax: [phone]. E-mail: vfarmer@
print, Position de la Garde Italienne de I'epee &poignard (En garde position in tryonpalace.org.
the Italian style with sword and dagger), which hangs in the New Bern Academy For more information about Tryon
Museum. Diana Bell-Kite, Curator of Interpretation, examines dueling and the Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, click on
our website at www.tryonpalace.org or
honor code on pages 3-4.
call 252-514-4900, 800-767-1560.
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CAROLINA HERITAGE
Tfie Stanftj-Spaigftt Duef
and fionor cufture
in tfte Ante0effum South
By Diana Bell-Kite, Curator of Interpretation
On September 5, 1802, shots rang out in New Bern.
After four volleys of fire, a prominent citizen lay
mortally wounded while another held the pistol
that had fired the deadly shot. A month prior, John Stanly, 28-
year-old congressman, lawyer and noted orator, had publicly
criticized Richard Dobbs Spaight's inconsistent congressional
voting record. Forry-four-year-old Spaight held the distinction
of being North Carolina's first native-born governor (1792-
1795), and his record of public service stretched back to the
American Revolution. When he heard of Stanly's disparaging
comments, Spaight initiated a heated public exchange of
letters, newspaper articles and handbills that would culminate
in a challenge to duel and ultimately his death.'
Settling seemingly minor disputes through ritualized
murder seems bizarre if not repulsive to modern sensibilities.
Examining dueling as a symptom of broader cultural values,
however, allows us to shed light on an ancient ethic that
permeated antebellum southern society.
In the Antebellum South, a white man's personal honor ,-J/ 4 p.m. oil Scpl. i, Iryoii PiiLut 1 lisforic Sites C."' Giinhiis irillsliiff ii
was his most cherished possession. The concept of personal re-eiuuiweii/ of the 1802 Stanly-Spaight Duel on ihv yoiiiidi iij the Neir Bern
Acadewj Museum. This event is free to the public and includes a peipirnjance by
honor stretched back to ancient times and more directly to
the Tryon Palace Fife C~ Druw Corps.
early modern Europe. Initially it was not only a southern
words and actions as true. Consequently, many duels resulted
phenomenon but held sway throughout the American
colonies. By the beginning of the 19th century, though, the from the accusation of lying — an implication that another
frequency of dueling and other honor-related encounters man was dishonest and, therefore, dishonorable. According
to historian Kenneth Greenberg, "the central issue of concern
decreased in the North while becoming ever more important
in the South. In many ways, this shift paralleled the growing to men in such a culture is not the nature of some underlying
national division that would eventually result in Civil War.' reality but the acceptance of their projections."^
According to historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown, honor is "the Though the Stanly-Spaight Duel came to fruition because
cluster of ethical rules, most readily found in societies of small Stanly initially criticized Spaight's voting record, the central
communities, by which judgments of behavior are ratified issue in the dispute was not the actual record — that could
by community consensus. "* In other words, a man's personal have been easily verified should the two parties have chosen
honor exists because others validate his behavior as honorable to do so - but that Stanly accused Spaight of inconsistency
- what other people think is really important. In honor and dishonesty. Later in their ongoing exchange, John Stanly
culture, family reputation is of utmost consequence as is charged Richard Dobbs Spaight of trying "to figure before the
having, as Wyatt-Brown states, "clearly understood hierarchies people in a new character," and Spaight called Stanly "a liar
of leaders and subordinates."* and a scoundrel."'' If a man ol honor were to ignore accusations
In the Antebellum South, slaves were clearly at the bottom of lying, he would, in effect, legitimize them. For a white man
of the social order, thereby elevating white males to a to lose his personal honor was to be equated with what he
heightened position. Those white men who owned land and perceived as the lowest possible station in life - slavery. Death
slaves — and especially those who held public office, like Stanly was the preferable alternative. While men like Stanly and
and Spaight - found themselves among the classes that had Spaight did attempt to quell escalating disputes, they could
the most to lose if dishonored in the public mind. only concede so much. At one point during their month-long
Being an honorable man meant having others accept your
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Stanfu-Spaigfit Duel
continued frow page 3
series of exchanges, Stanly wrote that Spaight had portrayed
him as having made "humihating concessions" to avoid
violence — better to fight a duel than to be thought of as too
cowardly to accept a contest to the death."
Dueling, then, was not a strange ritual enacted in isolation
but rather an outgrowth of larger societal values. Honor culture
reinforced the hierarchical nature of southern society; those
at the top thought themselves most honorable and denied the
concept of personal honor to those beneath them — women
and African Americans. It is unsurprising then that challenges
to the "most honorable" members of society were acted out
on a public stage. Greenberg writes that duels were "theatrical
display[s] for public consumption."** Duels placed life and
death importance on the honor ethic and thus reinforced the These dueling pistols, oinial by Richard Dobbs Spaight, date from around
magnitude of the honor hierarchy to all in attendance. 1800 and are featured in their original walnut case. On display in the Academy
Ah/seum.
Such was the case in the Stanly-Spaight Duel. Not only did
and required them to pay a heavy fine. It also stated that the
the duel itself take place at a public venue, the month-long
survivor of a duel to the death would be executed without
exchange of insults appeared in the pages of the local paper and
benefit of clergy. ITiough, as Wyatt-Brown writes, "it would
as handbills passed out to all who could or cared to read. It was
be a mistake... to argue that duels were as much deplored as
clearly of utmost importance to both Stanly and Spaight that
southern hand-wringing would lead an observer to believe."'"
they be perceived as honorable in the public mind.
Many prominent North Carolinians simply took their duels to
In the end, the Stanly-Spaight Duel led not only to Spaight's
Virginia or South Carolina.
death but to an act "to Prevent the Vile Practice of Dueling
Ultimately, since those politicians who passed anti-dueling
within this state."'' The death of a high-profile politician
laws were from the same class of individuals that most often
pushed many to consider the drawbacks of dueling. The new
engaged in dueling, law remained secondary to public opinion.
law prohibited duel participants from holding public office
Not until the Civil War would dueling truly die out in the
South. Remnants of
the honor culture that
condoned such behavior,
however, would linger
longer still. *♦*
Endnotes
'Manly Wade Wellman, "The
Vile Practice of Dueling: John Stanly
and Richard Dobbs Spaight, New
Bern, 1802," Ttte New East (Ocmher
1976): 9-46.
'See Bertram Wyatt-Brown,
Southern Honor: Ethics & Behavioir
in the Old South, (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1982).
^Wyatt-Brown, xv.
^Wyatt-Brown, xv.
"Kenneth Greenberg, "The
Nose, the Lie, and the Duel in the
Antebellum South," Uje American
Historical Review, 95 (1990): 62.
"Qtd in Wellman, 11.
'Qtd. in Wcllman, 11; see
Greenberg for more on the
importance of appearance.
Although the Stanly-Spaight Dnel featnredpistols, swords also could he used. Pcjsition de la Garde Italienne de I'epee &
'^Greenberg, 62.
poignard (Yin garde position in the Italian style with sword and dagger), engrared by Hale after a drawing by ]. Gnyn, published in ■'Qtd. in Wellman, 46.
England in February 1763. On display in the Academy Museum. * '"Wyatt-Bfown, 303.
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INSIDE THE COLLECTIONS
Mapping North Carolina (Part 2)
by Nancy Richards, Curator of Collections concerning the Granville District supplied by Churton was
Economic differences between the northern and incorporated (without credit) by Fry and Jefferson in their
southern portions of Carohna and discontent with 1751 "A map of the Inhabited part of Virginia... ".'
the proprietors over their indifference to providing Between August 1752 and January 1753, Churton
defense against the Indians led in 1729 to the division of the accompanied Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenburg and a
province into two colonies, each with a royal governor. group of Moravians to survey tracts purchased from Granville
Beginning in the 1710s and for the next several decades, totaling 98,985 acres between the Blue Ridge Mountains
cartographers borrowed from John Lawson's map when and the coast. The tract was named "Wachu" or "Wachovia"
depicting North Carolina. Until about mid-18th century, for the ancestral home of Bishop Spangenburg. The second
requests from the Board of Trade and Plantations in London edition of the Fry-Jefferson map, "A map of the Inhabited part
for general maps of the province often went unheeded. But ofVirginia... "(1755), included additional detail on the area
as the frontier expanded west and the need for information Churton had recently surveyed for the Moravians.
on trade routes, provincial boundary lines and the location of About 1757 Churton began work on the production of
various Indian lands became important, more topographical a topographical map of the Province of North Carolina,
maps appeared. which he showed to Tryon in 1765. While Churton had
The quality of these maps varied in accuracy. Along the personally surveyed large sections of the country adjacent to
coast, where information on harbors and water soundings the Granville District, he did not have first-hand knowledge
was needed for navigation and trade, there had been a steady of the southern and coastal areas. He relied for this data on
improvement in the level of precision. But topographical available information and old maps.
features tended to become less accurate as the territory shown In November 1766 fryon presented Churton's finished
extended beyond the areas of settlement. "A Compleat Map drawing of the map to the General Assembly, which granted
of North-Carolina from an actual Survey. By Capf Collet, Churton £155 (provincial currency) toward having the map
Governor of Fort Johnston" {Xll^S) is one important example. printed in England. Tryon further assured Churton that if he
Its production concerns the interconnected lives of surveyor would endeavor to "complete and make perfect the southern
William Churton, Captain John Abraham Collet and Royal and maritime parts of the province,"^ he could, with Tryon's
Governor William Tryon. approval, take the map to England and present it to the Board
When Tryon succeeded Arthur Dobbs as Royal Governor of Trade.
of the province of North Carolina in 1765, he received a long But when Churton began actively surveying the coastal
list of "Instructions" from the Board of Trade and Plantations. regions in 1767, he discovered that the lower part of his
Included was this directive: map, drawn from secondary sources, was defective, as Tryon
"You shall transmit unto your Commissioners for Trade and would later report, and he cut off that section. During 1767
Plantations by the first Opportunity. ..a Map with the exact Churton made several trips into the southern region of the
Description of the whole Province under your Government, with seaboard to correct errors. While in the field, he informed
the several Petitions' [sic] upon it, and of the Fortifications as also Tryon that if some accident should befall him, he was leaving
of the bordering Indian settlements. "- the map to Tryon.
This is the story behind that map. Harry Gordon, chief engineer in America and a relative
Surveyor William Churton (active 1749-December 1767) of Tryon's friend Lord Adam Gordon, had occasion to see
was born in England, probably in London. He arrived in the Churton's map sometime in late 1766. He wrote Tryon on
American colonies in the 1740s as a trained surveyor attached January 5, 1767 about the map:
to the Granville Land Office in Edenton. (John Carteret, "/ have viewed Mr Churtons Map of this Province, and also
Earl Granville, was the only Lord Proprietor unwilling to talked with Him concerning the manner of its Composition. Ihe
sell his share in Carolina to the Crown in 1729. As a result interior parts have that Appearance of Truth, which real Surveys
he continued to claim one-eighth of the land in the two alone can give, and by enlarging the Paper so as to take in the
Carolinas and Georgia.) In 1749, Churton and crown lawyer Shoals off Capes hateras [Hatteras] and Fear, will make This a
Daniel Weldon, together with Virginia commissioners Joshua truly usefull and ingenious Work; ma[r]king the Extent, and
Fry and Peter Jefferson, extended the North Carolina/Virginia Nature of the Navigation, on Rivers, will likewise be entertaining
boundary line to a point 90 miles west of the Blue Ridge and Usefull. On the whole I extremely admire the Care and
Mountains at Steep Rock Creek. Topographical information coiitiiiiifd on page 6
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INSIDE THE
A Compleat Map of North (^.irolina from an actual Siir\c\. Ih C.,\pt' (j)llct, Cio\crnor of fort |olinstoii ,/s/ina/n///i 1770 iras beautifully engraved
by ]ohn Bajly of Ked Uon Square, Londo/i and published by S. Hooper. This map, part of the collections at Trjon Palace Histonc Sites (&' Gardens, is currently on
display at the North Carolina Museum of History as part of an exhibition on North Carolina in the American Kei'olution.
Fatigue Mr. Churton IMS undergone in so great a Worf;. "" the old great seal of the province, which by royal warrant had
Churton died unexpectedly in December 1767, and the to be returned upon receipt of the new seal. Tryon also wrote
revised map was left to Tryon. to General Thomas Gage, British commander in chief of the
It was Tryon who shared Churton's map with John Abraham colonies from 1763 to 1773, soliciting a position for Collet:
Collet. Collet was a Swiss military engineer who had served "If he could be appointed Engineer for the Southern District of
with the French on the continent during the Seven Years War America, he might certainly be beneficially employed in taking
(1756-63). After the war he received training in mathematics, a Survey of the Sea Board of these Southern colonies; a Service
drawing and fortifications. He went to England and, in much required, as none of the Charts or Maps of these parts are
May 1767, King George III appointed him governor of Fort executed to any Degree of Accuracy. I must wish therefore Mr
Johnston with the rank of army captain. Collet may be appointed to this Southern District, with the same
The commission turned out to be something of a Appointment that Captain Holland has to the Northward. '*'
disappointment. Fort Johnston was in deplorable condition, Collet returned from New York disappointed. Gage had
and his commission had no salary attached to it. Collet neither the authority nor the money to fund a new position.
presented his credentials to Tryon at Brunswick on Nov. 4, A similar letter from Tryon to Earl Shelburne later in January
1767. Before the end of the year, Collet drew a plan of the was also unsuccessful. By September 1768 Tryon was
tort and made a detailed report of the repairs needed to make preparing an expedition against the insurgent Regulators at
the fort delensible. In an effort to find some activity which Hillsborough, and he offered Collet a position as one of his
would provide income, Tryon sent Collet to New York with aides-de-camp, which the financially-strapped officer readily
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COLLECTIONS
accepted. Relatively few copies of this map have survived. In 1959 only
During 1768 Collet reviewed Churton's manuscript map a dozen copies were known in public collections. Tryon Palace
and determined that, although Churton had made several Historic Sites & Gardens' copy of the map (TP 1956.014.001)
trips to the coast and the southern region, portions of the has been on exhibit at the Museum of the Society of the
drawings were incomplete or incorrect. In preparation for Cincinnati. Beginning in July 2007, the map is on display
sending the map to England, Tryon wrote a detailed letter at the North Carolina Museum of History as part of an
to Earl Hillsborough about the map of North Carolina exhibition on North Carolina in the American Revohition. ♦
explaining both Churton's and Collet's work on the map.^
Tryon credited Churton with Part 1 of the map, "containing Material for this article was gleaned from William P. Gumming, Vie Southeast in
Early Maps, and Margaret Beck Pritchard and Henry G. Taliaterro, Degrees of Latitude
chiefly Lord Granville's District ...laid down almost wholly
Mapping Colonial America, cited below.
by actual Surveys and has been under the correction and
Improvement of Mr. Churton for upwards often years." Part Endnotes
' Probably partitions instead of "petitions."
2 was a section of the coastal and southern regions which
' William S. Powell (ed.), The Correspondence ofWillia^n Tryon..., Raleigh: Division of
Churton "found greatly defective (having been planned only Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, Vol. I, p. 209.
from Information and old Maps) which he told me so vexed ' William P. Gumming, Tlje Southeast in Early Maps. 3rd edition, Ghapel Hill and
London: The University of North Carolina Press, p. 28. The Fry-Jefferson map provides
Him that He condemned and cut off that part of his Map." more information on North Carolina than does any map until Collet in 1770.
Part 3 "represents Mecklenburg County and the dividing Line ■* Powell, Tryon CorrespoJidence, Vol. I p. 366.nl; quoting Lefler and Wagner, Orange
County 1752-1952, pp.326-327.
that was run last year between this Province and the Cherokee
^ Letter from Harry Gordon at Edenton to William Tryon, dated 5 January 1767.
hunting grounds; Tho' part only of this map is laid down by Quoted in Powell, Vol. I, p. 396.
'■ William Tryon writing to Thomas Gage from New Bern, 13 December 1767. Powell,
real Surveys, it is nevertheless tolerably accurate with regard
Correspondence of William Tryon, Vol. I, p. 603.
to the Water Courses and will afford some idea of the Western William Tryon writing to the Earl of Hillsborough from Brunswick, 27 October
Frontiers of the Province." 1768. Powell, Tlie Correspondence of William Tryon, Vol. II, pp. 208-210.
" Both Gumming in Vje Southeast in Early Maps, p. 31 and Margaret Beck Pritchard
The map as printed in 1770 is beautifully engraved by and Henry G, Taliaferro, in Degrees of Latitude Mapping Colonial America, New York:
John Bayly of Red Lion Square London and published by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Association with Harry N. Abrams, (2002),
p. 2007, credit the information on the soundings at the mouth of the Cape Fear River
S. Hooper. Although it incorporates much of Churton's
and Frying Pan Shoals to "borrowing" from a chart published in 1738 by James Wimble,
survey of the Granville District and at least a portion of the a Boston hydrographer.
information on the delineation of the Cherokee lands, his
name does not appear
anywhere on the print. 'j/
Collet's contribution to
the map comes with the
identification of plantation
owners, the location of
new towns, and soundings
taken at the mouth of the
Cape Fear River and Frying
Pan Shoals.* But his most
important contribution
probably was the
delineation of roads in the
western part of the colony.
The remarkable
asymmetrical cartouche
in the lower right corner
contains a dedication
to King George III.
Surmounted by the
Hanoverian crest, it
contains symbols of the
New World including an The remarkable asymmetrical cartouche in the lower right corner of the Collet map contains a dedication to King George III.
Indian, an alligator and a Surmounted by the Hanoverian crest, it contains symbols of the New World including an Indian, an alligator and a wildcat.
wildcat.
SUMMER 2007 Qk\^^^7Si2LQ& 7
GARDENER'S NOTEBOOK
Serving up some delicious roses
by Lisa Wimpfheimer, Horticulturist
Q: My roses smell so delicious. Can I eat them?
A: Why YES, you can. Roses are among the most
popular edible flowers, using the petals themselves or
boiling to make syrup. The more fragrant, old-fashioned
ones offer the most flavor.
Dried marigold petals used to be sold by the ounce
out of wooden barrels to color and flavor foods. They
have been used to replace expensive saffron to impart the
same golden hue. Delicious in cheese or egg dishes, fresh
marigolds also can be used in cold salads.
Nasturtium flowers in orange, red and yellow are high
in Vitamin C and have a sweet but mildly pungent
flavor. Both flowers and leaves are used in fine gourmet
restaurants to enhance salads and desserts.
Q: I want to plant a fragrant, native shrub in my
landscape. The problem is that it's a mostly shady area.
A: Calycanthus floridus is native to the woodlands of
the southeastern United States. Known as Common
Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Shrub or
Sweet Betsy it is enjoyed as a landscape plant in Europe
and deserves to be more widely planted in its native
range.
Oakleaf hydrangea. Hydrangea quercifolia, is a rather
coarse deciduous shrub with big leaves. It has multiple
stems which form an upright rounded clump six to 10
feet in height and diameter. The flowers are creamy white
and form large cone shaped clusters that really make an
impact in a shady area. Best of all, both of these native
shrubs thrive on neglect.
Q: I heard the statement "Carrots love tomatoes." Oakleaf Hydrangea
What does that mean in the garden?
Most interest and questions are about the vegetable
A: The age old concept known as companion planting is
interactions.
used to repel pests and enhance growth of desired plants.
Carrots grow well with leaf lettuce early in the season and
tomatoes later in the season. This is just one of many examples
of intercropping plants, a way to use all your garden area
productively. Tomatoes are compatible with chives, onions,
parsley, marigolds, nasturtiums and carrots. But don't plant
tomatoes near corn or you'll have a double crop of caterpillars!
Happy Gardening! ♦:•
Lisa Wimpfheimer, horticulturist and head of the Garden
Services Branch at Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, directs
the planting and care of the sites 14 acres and is a plant pest
consultant.
Marigolds
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THE CALENDAR SUMMER 2007
Join us for our Friday Flicks
Summer Garden Hours: Gardens Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens offers seven Friday Flicks for Kids in
open until 7 p.m. through Labor Day July and August. Open free to the public, these short films are scheduled for 3
(Last ticket sold at 4:30 p.m.) p.m. in the Visitor Center Auditorium.
Jidy 6 — Follow the Drinking Gourd: Based on an American folk song, this
Wednesday, July 4 tale recounts the daring adventures of one family's escape from slavery via the
Underground Railroad.
North Carolina's First Fourth
July 13 - Colonial Life for Children: Plimouth Plantation: Tracy and Greg,
9 a.m.-2 p.m., with a dramatic reading
wondering what life for the Pilgrims was really like, blast back in time to the
at 11 a.m. Free garden admission
original Plimoth Plantation of 1620.
(interior tours require the purchase of a
July 20 — Gospel of Liberty: See how the revivals of the Great Awakening
ticket).
shook Britain's North American colonies from their spiritual slumber during the
Come celebrate North Carolinds signing of
1730s, 1740s and 1750s.
the Declaration of Independence. Hear a
Jidy 27 - Old Sturbridge Village: Step back in time to rural New England in
reading of the Declaration from the Palace
the 1830s in this historical adventure.
steps at 11 a. m. by costumed characters
August 3 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition and Slavery & Plantation
portraying famous North Carolinians
Life: Learn more about these two compelling aspects of American history.
from the Revolutionary era; enjoy a
August 10 - Colonial Life for Children: famestown: While doing research
performance by the Tryon Palace Fife and
on the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, Greg gets zapped into the Internet and
Drum Corps; and participate in thematic
finds himself at the historic site.
and patriotic craft activities.
August 17 - Rivers & Dams and The Great Steamboat Race: Find out
more about the importance of rivers as transportation, and the perils of life near
Saturday, July 14
Americas rivers.
Saturday Sampler: New Bern Literary
Festival and Book Fair
authors, hear their stories, and purchase Walking Tour
Noon-5 p.m. Visitor Center
their works in this recitation, reception and 2 p.m. Meet in the Visitor Center. $4
Auditorium. Free.
book fair. adults; $2 students (reservations are
Come learn about the historical legacy
required; call 252-514-4900).
of African American writers in North
Sunday, July 15 Learn about 300 years of African
Carolina. Meet historians and present-day
American history on a walking tour of
African American Historic Downtown
New Berns historic district. This tour lasts
approximately 90 minutes and covers 16
blocks. This program has a minimum
enrollment requirement of 10people.
58: v-:!-?*^- Thursday, July 19
African American Lecture Series:
Urban Slave Housing in North
Carolina
7 p.m. Visitor Center Auditorium. Free.
Peter Sandbeck discusses the origins
and evolution of slave housing in North
Carolina's urban areas, using examples of
both existing and demolished structures in
New Bern, Wilmington, Washington and
■^^r^^^^:-!^^ Raleigh. Tfjis lecture is sponsored by a grant
from the Harold H. Bate Foundation.
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Monday, August 6
Special Lecture: Remembering
Gertrude Carraway: Her Words, Her
Deeds
7 p.m. Visitor Center Auditorium.
Free.
Join Kay Williams, Director of Try on
Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, in this
special birthday salute to New Bern
native Gertrude Sprague Carraway.
The first director of Try on Palace, Dr.
Carraway rescued the Sun Journal during
the depression, discovered one set of the
Saturday, August 18 Sunday, August 19
John Hawks architectural drawings for
the Palace, and helped lead the movement Saturday Sampler: Historic Pottery African American Historic Downtown
to reconstruct the Governor's Palace in Workshop Walking Tour
New Bern. She also served as President 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet in the Visitor 2 p.m. Meet in the Visitor Center. $4
General of the DAR, where she was Center lobby. Price TBA (reservations are adults; $2 students (reservations are
credited with solving major financial required; call 252-514-4935). required; call 252-514-4900).
problems for that organization. This Learn about North Carolina pottery and Learn about 300 years of African
talk is followed by cake and refreshments craft a piece of your own. Fee includes American history on a walking tour of
in recognition of Carraway s 111th glazing and firing. Tliis program has a Neiv Bern's historic district. This tour lasts
birthday. minimum enrollment requirement. approximately 90 minutes and covers 16
blocks. This program has a minimum
enrollment requirement of 10 people.
Enjoy our historical theatrics
Fall Garden Hours start Tuesday, Sept.
Join Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens as we present the 4: Gardens open until 6 p.m. through
historical Punch & Judy puppet show and the 19th-century play Oct. 31 (Last ticket sold at 4:30 p.m.)
Box & Cox. Our version oi Punch & Judy, adapted for young
Monday, Sept. 3
audiences, brings the pair to America just before the v^merican
Revolution. Iii the delightful one-act British farce Box & Cox, hat Special Event: Stanly-Spaight Duel Re-
maker Mr. Box and printer Mr. Cox discover mysterious things enactment
are happening in their London boardinghouse. What does their Academy tours 1-4 p.m., with duel re-
landlady, Mrs. Bouncer, know that they don't? enactment to follow at 4 p.m. New Bern
Our historical theatre programs are offered the first and third Academy Museum. Free.
Saturdays of each month. Admission is included with the purchase Tour the New Bern Academy and then
of a Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens two-day pass, unless watch the spectacle of the September 5,
otherwise indicated. For more information, call 252-514-4900 or 1802 Stanly-Spaight Duel unfold before
click on our website at www.tryonpalace.org. your eyes. In this historical re-enactment
of a duel between 19th-century New Bern
political rivals, costumed characters
re-create the events leading up to the duel
and fire reproduction fiintlock pistols.
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