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“Moonlight” Graham and His Place in Baseball Lore
The 1905 New York Giants. Image from the Library of Congress. On June 29, 1905, Cumberland County native “Moonlight” Graham played in his first and only Major League Baseball game. His story came to...
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James Dobbin of Fayetteville, Secretary of the Navy
Image from the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command. On August 4, 1857, Secretary of the Navy James Dobbin died. Born in 1814 in Fayetteville, Dobbin entered the University of North Carolina at age...
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Home of the Airborne and Special Forces, Fort Bragg
A training exercise at Fort Bragg during World War II. Image from the N.C. Museum of History. On September 30, 1922, Camp Bragg—the U.S. War Department’s World War I-era field artillery training...
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Reprieve for Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe (far right) receives his Olympic medals from the king of Sweden. On October 13, 1982, Jim Thorpe’s medals from the 1912 Olympics were reinstated. The famed athlete, who lived from 1888 until...
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Bishop J. W. Hood of the AME Zion Church
Bishop James Walker Hood. Image from Hood Theological Seminary. On October 30, 1918, James Walker Hood died. Hood, as a missionary in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, was sent to North...
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North Carolina Joins Federal Union in Fayetteville, 1789
The signature portion of North Carolina’s copy of the U.S. Constitution. Image from the State Archives. On November 21, 1789, the General Assembly, meeting in Fayetteville, ratified the United States...
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The Fort Bragg Murders and Jeffrey MacDonald
Jeffrey MacDonald with his lawyer Bernard Segal during his 1979 trail. Image from The Jeffrey MacDonald Case. On February 17, 1970, Green Beret surgeon Captain Jeffrey MacDonald called the Fort Bragg...
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Hiram Revels and the Genesis of Black Political Representation
Hiram Revels (right) pictured with Mississippi senator Blanche Bruce and Frederick Douglass under the banner of “Heroes of the Colored Race.” Image from the Library of Congress. On February 25, 1870,...
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Psywar
A Fort Bragg-trained psyops soldier hands out leaflets in Somalia, circa 1993. Image from the National Archives. On April 10, 1952, the United States Army moved the Psychological Warfare Center and...
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From Cotton Field to University: Fayetteville’s Methodist
An early postcard of Methodist College. Image from the State Archives. On September 16, 1960, the first class of 88 students was admitted to Methodist College. About five years earlier, citizens of...
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