Did any of y’all catch the History Channel special called “You Don’t Know Dixie?” It was a great documentary about the South and it’s history. It details how America was really founded by Southerners in Virginia (instead of the story about Plymouth Rock), and details all things southern from Virginia down to Northwest Florida. It’s even got a long, detailed segment about Southern Football and what it means to southerners. Charlie Daniels actually narrated it, and Herschel Walker, Bobby Bowden, Jeff Foxworthy, Trace Adkins and a lot of others were in it throughout. It’s a good 2 hour documentary.
Did any of y’all catch the History Channel special called “You Don’t Know Dixie?” It was a great documentary about the South and it’s history. It details how America was really founded by Southerners in Virginia (instead of the story about Plymouth Rock), and details all things southern from Virginia down to Northwest Florida. It’s even got a long, detailed segment about Southern Football and what it means to southerners. Charlie Daniels actually narrated it, and Herschel Walker, Bobby Bowden, Jeff Foxworthy, Trace Adkins and a lot of others were in it throughout. It’s a good 2 hour documentary.
As a History and Poly Sci major in college, my professor used to say time and time again… “If you wanna know the history of America—more, specifically, if you wanna know the history of the South—study Virginia. You’ll find all your answers as to who, what, when, where, why, and how.”
I remember N. Carolina being called the Rip Van Winkle state in history books back when I was in elementary school.. I saw only the end of the program, but hope it comes on again. I’d love to see it based on the description.
UNC 98, North Carolina was sometimes referred to as the Rip Van Winkle state in the first half of the 1800’s because it seemed in the eyes of some to be “sleeping’ while surrounding states “progressed”. Its economy and commerce was not as robust as it’s neighbors, and had a large segment of it’s population, included in state government, that distrusted government initiatives.(the second to last state of the original 13 to adopt the constitution, insisting on a bill of rights) North Carolina lacked a great natural harbor like Charleston to the south and Hampton Roads (Norfolk,etc.) to the north as a magnet center for growth and commerce. (Wilmington, a river port, not as deep) and did not have as large a plantation economy as S.C or Va.. North Carolina’s major export, along with tobacco, was naval stores(tar, pitch, and turpentine, hence Tar Heels) It’s beautiful state capitol building, built in the 1840’s, was considered quite an extravagance at the time, for a relatively poor state. Much of this would later change as the railroads, etc., improved interior transportation along with further growth in the late 1800’s of the textile, furniture, and tobacco industries.
UNC 98, North Carolina was sometimes referred to as the Rip Van Winkle state in the first half of the 1800’s because it seemed in the eyes of some to be “sleeping’ while surrounding states “progressed”. Its economy and commerce was not as robust as it’s neighbors, and had a large segment of it’s population, included in state government, that distrusted government initiatives.(the second to last state of the original 13 to adopt the constitution, insisting on a bill of rights) North Carolina lacked a great natural harbor like Charleston to the south and Hampton Roads (Norfolk,etc.) to the north as a magnet center for growth and commerce. (Wilmington, a river port, not as deep) and did not have as large a plantation economy as S.C or Va.. North Carolina’s major export, along with tobacco, was naval stores(tar, pitch, and turpentine, hence Tar Heels) It’s beautiful state capitol building, built in the 1840’s, was considered quite an extravagance at the time, for a relatively poor state. Much of this would later change as the railroads, etc., improved interior transportation along with further growth in the late 1800’s of the textile, furniture, and tobacco industries.
Yes, I knew of those issues. I’m proud of how North Carolina has progressed. I’m very proud of how the state’s first leaders saw the need for a university to educate the people. It’s a great place, and I’m proud to call it my home.
This is probably going to come as a shock to you but America was founded by the American indians and as far as we can trace it, was about 12,000 years ago. There were an estimated 50,000 of them here at one time but were killed off when the buffalo were shot for sport and the small pox blankets didn’t help either.
These dime store novels that pass as school text books are a little light and loose with the facts.
UNC 98, North Carolina was sometimes referred to as the Rip Van Winkle state in the first half of the 1800’s because it seemed in the eyes of some to be “sleeping’ while surrounding states “progressed”. Its economy and commerce was not as robust as it’s neighbors, and had a large segment of it’s population, included in state government, that distrusted government initiatives.(the second to last state of the original 13 to adopt the constitution, insisting on a bill of rights) North Carolina lacked a great natural harbor like Charleston to the south and Hampton Roads (Norfolk,etc.) to the north as a magnet center for growth and commerce. (Wilmington, a river port, not as deep) and did not have as large a plantation economy as S.C or Va.. North Carolina’s major export, along with tobacco, was naval stores(tar, pitch, and turpentine, hence Tar Heels) It’s beautiful state capitol building, built in the 1840’s, was considered quite an extravagance at the time, for a relatively poor state. Much of this would later change as the railroads, etc., improved interior transportation along with further growth in the late 1800’s of the textile, furniture, and tobacco industries.
Yes, I knew of those issues. I’m proud of how North Carolina has progressed. I’m very proud of how the state’s first leaders saw the need for a university to educate the people. It’s a great place, and I’m proud to call it my home.
Having your coastline known as the graveyard of the Atlantic definitely didnt help in the 1800s but I see it as a blessing in disguise. The strong middle class that developed, lack of impovershed backward thinking gentry in reconstruction, the south’s most developed University system and statewide banking has helped North Carolina become much more economically powerful and progressive than much of the rest of the South.
It is very difficult to look at North Carolina or most other states as progressive, especially in regard to banking as the money and so called federal reserve banks are owned by the ten square mile area known as London. (It is the crown) It prints up worthless paper and issues it to the American colony at interest and ships the gold and silver back to London where it is melted down for London and French vaults.
These same banking interests have stage managed this lucrative affair for a very long time. 41 of 42 American presidents have all been the cousins of the former English King Edward Plantagenet. If you are unfamiliar with him, a very good characterization was presented in the movie Braveheart which he was on display as Long shanks, a very personable fellow.
This operation has been ongoing for sometime, a few American presidents have been killed who opposed it, Lincoln, Kennedy and Andrew Jackson actually killed the bank for a short while and lived though the assasination attempt. His grave stone reads “I killed the bank.”
So progressive banking in any of these United States? I think not, in fact Americans are viewed as so inconsequential by banking interests, they do not even allow their corporate owned media to inform you of this nor the text books they sell you to teach it to your children. The fact that any American would think our banking system is progressive at this point only shows how much trouble we are really in.
