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Location: NC 345 south of junction with US 64/264County: DareOriginal Date Cast: 1961Large marker with map and text which follows:At 3 P.M. February 7, 1862, Union forces under Gen. Ambrose Burnside landed at Ashby Harbor. By midnight 7,500 Federals were ashore. A Confederate force of 400 men and 3 field-pieces was sent to resist the Federal landing. The Confederates were driven away by gunfire from the Federal fleet in Croatan Sound.
Location: Main Street in BathCounty: BeaufortOriginal Date Cast: 1962Nonstandard marker with text which follows (first paragraph):
Location: State Historic Site Visitor Center in BathCounty: BeaufortOriginal Date Cast: 1970Large marker with map and text which follows:
Location: State Historic Site Visitor Center in BathCounty: BeaufortOriginal Date Cast: 1962Large marker with map and text which follows:
Environmental activist. Stopped destruction of Jockey’s Ridge sand dune in 1973. Fundraised and lobbied to preserve as a N.C. State Park, 1975.
Humorist, storyteller, & speaker of wide renown. Key to restoration of colonial Bath, 1955-70. He lived 100 yds. S.W.
African Americans boycotted public schools for the 1968-1969 year, challenging desegregation plan to close black schools. In fall 1968 protests were held at courthouse here. Committee of 14 helped devise plan to reopen schools, with the formerly African American schools housing lower grades.
Scientist; Jewish native of Prague. Led metallurgy experiments, 1585-86, at the first Roanoke colony near here. Part of Lane's English expedition.
Prior to formation of 1st N.C. Colored Volunteers about 100 black men were armed to aid Union forces during the siege of Washington in 1863.
Episcopal boys school founded 1851 by Rev. N. Collin Hughes. Many students joined ministry. Closed 1908. Stood here.