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Public Radio East's Mac McKee speaks with Executive Director of the New Bern Historical Society Lynn Harakal about the 24th Annual Ghost Walk which takes…
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A small schoolhouse for African American children reopened September 27th as a museum showcasing photos of teachers and students, a teacher's desk, a…
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For two hundred years, rice was grown on large plantations in eastern North Carolina. This week on the Down East Journal, we get the backstory on this…
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Bath is celebrating its pirate heritage this weekend with its “There Be Pirates in the Port” event, featuring a historical re-enactment of the report of…
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In the final year of the 150th anniversary commemoration, more stops to the North Carolina Civil War Trails guide have been added. We’ll talk about the…
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April is National Poetry Month and this week on the Down East Journal, a conversation with North Carolina’s poet laureate Joseph Bathanti. And, in the…
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North Carolina is steeped in African American history, and the small, rural community of Parkstown continues that tradition. Public Radio East’s Mac McKee…
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We hear the latest on the Highway 70 bypass project in Kinston and how it might impact a historic battleground site.Officials are now in the process of…
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We travel to the wreck site of the pirate Blackbeard’s flagship “The Queen Anne’s Revenge.” It’s an audio postcard from Beaufort Inlet as we witness five…
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The new, documentary film “Freedom Lost: Restoration" explores an often forgotten piece of history about life for African Americans in New Bern and James…