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Bentonville Battlefield living history hospital event at night, Four Oaks, NC.

Updates & Renovations at Bentonville

By Ashby Brame on Oct. 02, 2020

Thank you to Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site, Site Manager, Colby Stevens for his recent update to the Johnston County Visitors Bureau on all the new experiences and amenities at…

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Moonshine exhibit at the Johnston County Heritage Center in Johnston County, NC.

'White Liquor and White Lies' - Moonshine History

By Randy Capps on Sep. 21, 2018

'White Liquor and White Lies' details county's history of moonshining As long as there have been governments, there have been taxes. And since governments began trying to collect those taxes, people…

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Ava Gardner lived in London and loved her corgi, Morgan, find out more at the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield, NC.

Ava’s London Comes to Smithfield in New Exhibit

By Ashby Brame on Dec. 22, 2016

The Ava Gardner Museum in Downtown Smithfield, NC unveiled a new exhibit on the 10th of December last week. The museum has displays that change annually so that visitors to the museum can see new…

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Honoring the Legend and the Lady that was Ava Gardner

By Ashby Brame on Nov. 23, 2015

This morning I stood by the side of the road on the sloping lawns of Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery to bear witness with around 2 dozen other people. I stood in the cold sunshine and watched as the…

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Large art sculptures on display at the Frank Creech Art Gallery in Smithfield, NC.

Frank Creech Art Gallery Debuts On JCC Campus

By Donna Bailey-Taylor on Nov. 23, 2010

Johnston Community College has officially opened The Frank Creech Art Gallery. The new gallery, located in the Arts Building on the JCC campus, is a collaborative project between the College…

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