Fact Friday

Fact Friday 41 - First Baptist Church and Carnegie Library

Fact Friday 41 - First Baptist Church and Carne...

Happy Friday everyone! (Except for us Duke fans <sad face>) As next-door neighbors, First Baptist Church was one of the city’s first churches and Carnegie Library was the city’s first...

Fact Friday 41 - First Baptist Church and Carne...

Happy Friday everyone! (Except for us Duke fans <sad face>) As next-door neighbors, First Baptist Church was one of the city’s first churches and Carnegie Library was the city’s first...

Fact Friday 40 - Scandal Over the "Meck Dec"

Fact Friday 40 - Scandal Over the "Meck Dec"

Happy Friday everyone! Alexander Craighead’s principal legacy was to instill among the people of his congregations a fierce determination to resist the imposition of unwanted authority. “Social historians studying the...

Fact Friday 40 - Scandal Over the "Meck Dec"

Happy Friday everyone! Alexander Craighead’s principal legacy was to instill among the people of his congregations a fierce determination to resist the imposition of unwanted authority. “Social historians studying the...

Fact Friday 39 - The Scots-Irish Influence on Early Mecklenburg

Fact Friday 39 - The Scots-Irish Influence on E...

    Happy Friday Everyone! St. Patrick’s Day Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a...

Fact Friday 39 - The Scots-Irish Influence on E...

    Happy Friday Everyone! St. Patrick’s Day Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a...

Fact Friday 38 - Eminent Domain and the Government Plaza

Fact Friday 38 - Eminent Domain and the Governm...

Happy Friday everyone! If you follow politics closely, then you’ve undoubtedly seen the numerous mentions of GOP front runner, Donald Trump’s use of eminent domain to his advnatage in his...

Fact Friday 38 - Eminent Domain and the Governm...

Happy Friday everyone! If you follow politics closely, then you’ve undoubtedly seen the numerous mentions of GOP front runner, Donald Trump’s use of eminent domain to his advnatage in his...

Fact Friday 37- Charlotte "Goings-Ons" on May 11, 1964

Fact Friday 37- Charlotte "Goings-Ons" on May 1...

Happy Friday everyone! My son attends Kumon in Myers Park. So quite often, he and I crisscross the city, always taking in the sights, listening to CNN on satellite radio,...

Fact Friday 37- Charlotte "Goings-Ons" on May 1...

Happy Friday everyone! My son attends Kumon in Myers Park. So quite often, he and I crisscross the city, always taking in the sights, listening to CNN on satellite radio,...

Fact Friday 36 - Charlotte's First All-Star Game

Fact Friday 36 - Charlotte's First All-Star Game

Happy Friday everyone! Well, this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend came to a close on Valentine’s day. And as much of a spectacle the events were (what a Dunk Contest, right?),...

Fact Friday 36 - Charlotte's First All-Star Game

Happy Friday everyone! Well, this year’s NBA All-Star Weekend came to a close on Valentine’s day. And as much of a spectacle the events were (what a Dunk Contest, right?),...