How a Christmas tradition popularized at an all-girls summer camp in Brevard grew into a global phenomenon.
Cheerful Abundance
At one of the finest Victorian homes in North Carolina, more is more, especially at Christmastime. On tours, visitors learn about the home’s colorful past in Hickory and the role it played in family memories.
An Honorable Khaki
Just prior to the Great Depression, a Gaston County textile mill introduced a special khaki weave that served our armed forces with distinction for five decades.
Old North Spotlight
From an Academy Award-winning movie to one of the most beloved romantic scenes on the big screen, many filmmakers have looked to North Carolina’s beauty and homegrown talent to bring their stories to life.
Because of Camp Butner
Amid the urgency of World War II, an Army training camp sprang up from fields north of Raleigh. Five years later, the camp was no longer needed, but the existing infrastructure attracted new residents. Today, evidence of that brief but impressive history remains part of Butner’s very foundation.
Marines on a River
Centuries after the New River drew early settlers to its banks, it inspired the U.S. Marine Corps to choose Jacksonville as the site of Camp Lejeune.
The Jets Next Door
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point built an unshakable bond between two eastern North Carolina towns: Newport and Havelock.
