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Artifact of the Week: Naval Air Corps Garrison Cap

For Raleigh resident Albert Sidney Barnes Jr., the war flew by in a flash. Formally inducted on October 26, 1918, the nineteen-year-old was a bona-fide member of the United States Navy for just thirty-five days before receiving a discharge.

Death of Editor Josephus Daniels

On January 15, 1948, Josephus Daniels, newspaper editor and former Secretary of the Navy, died in Raleigh. While at school in Wilson, Daniels developed a love of journalism and became the local editor of the Wilson Advance. He later bought the newspaper, and over the next few years purchased several other papers with various partners.