On this day in 1790: George Washington appoints James Iredell of Edenton to the U.S. Supreme Court. Among Iredell’s attributes, says Washington, is that “he is of a State of some importance in the Union that has given no character to a federal office.” The English-born Iredell, who proves to be one of the court’s […]
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George Washington recognizes ‘State of some importance’
Posted in On This Day, tagged edenton nc, george washington, james iredell, supreme court justice alfred moore, willis whichard on February 10, 2017 | Leave a Comment »
‘George Washington didn’t sleep here’ (here’s why)
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged a trifling place, george washington, george washington's journey, greenville nc, t h breen, tarboro nc, washington's southern tour on May 19, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
“[George] Washington’s complaints only increased in the southern states [during his first-term tour of all 13 states]. Instead of comfort, he experienced martyrdom, at least in the small towns along the road. “In April 1791 he crossed into North Carolina from Virginia hoping to find an inn where both he and the horses could recover […]
George Washington wasn’t last to knock Charlotte
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged charlotte nc, continental tire bowl, cornelia ga, george washington, robert a. m. stern, teddy xidas, trifling place on July 19, 2012 | 19 Comments »
When I moved to Charlotte in 1974, I soon learned that George Washington had memorably dismissed it as “a trifling place.” But that was only the beginning — as the prototypical overreaching Southern boom town, Charlotte has lent itself to decades of insults. Because the Democratic National Convention will test as never before the thickness […]
The state of the state in the State of the Union
Posted in Tar Heelia, tagged celgard, forsyth tech, george washington, jim hunt, kathy proctor, president clinton, president obama on January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
When President Obama singled out Kathy Proctor, the furniture worker turned Forsyth Tech biotechnology student, it marked the fifth time North Carolina has been mentioned [search here] in a State of the Union address. In the very first such address, in 1790, George Washington waited only one sentence before listing “the recent accession of the […]
George Washington, packing heat from Charlotte?
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged charles raven brockmann, charlotte nc, george w park custer, george washington, hornets nest, legette blythe, leman's rifle factory, rifle makers on October 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“The rifle became so popular in the South that a factory for making the hunting rifle was established at Charlotte, N. C., about 1740. The founders came from Leman’s Rifle Factory at Lancaster, Pa…. ” ‘General Washington’s favorite weapon was the rifle,’ says George W. Park Custer, in a… memorandum printed… for private distribution…. ‘His […]
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