The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-07

nIifocf OF lI1C $3.50
canitol." by S. a. Ashe' o,;n.
ca, Of the state Of North
,ce.,ooo" bv ]. Bryan GRIMES
.Y-;soa,ca Of History il a Dehioe-
a-. hv C. Alphonso smith; AZ.
-ossoc At the Unwilling Of the Bust o.
William A. Graham.
ctatne of Washington, 'edl'eo y
D. ". Common. u;e-
summarizing the work OF the his
.orica, commission during the p"6S
~, years. the report says:
Il We have saved from ars
,,ass;fed and filed 14.754 letters
80 ether documents OF the iIAtcuto
Danartment beginning with the az
miIistration of Governor Ces"eii'
80 and closing with that Of cover
| nor Vance, ls.9.
" . we have added to the coliec-
t;o,c Of the State S,7SS manuscripts
of the reatest historical value.
% We have had a large umpe o.
ho. roanuscripts copied prepara-
tory TO publication.
IL We have issued ten pubIlcatloilS'
h.eidec seven leaflets in when were
reprjnted historical sources ior use IN
teaching North Carolina history IN
the public schools.
:. We have procured for the State
marble busts OF two Of her most emf
nent statesmen.
"e We have obtained through the
| gift Of a foreign government a repllca
! Of the statue Of Washington by Ca
nova.
e ~ chair i1CnCfjClfIHnQ
| into North Carolina history, have
| given information about the history
of the State wherever it was possible,
and have encouraged in many ways
| the study of our history in the schools
of the State
Part IL is a review Of the historical
activities in North Carolina during
the years 19O9-1910. It overs the
work Of the Daniel Boone Memorial
| Association, the North Carolina So
ciety of the Colonial DANES Of Ameri-
ca, the Moore's Greek Bridge Battle
Ground Association. the Guilford Bat
tie ground Company, the Daughters
Of the Revolution, the Daughters Of
the American Revolution, the Sons Of
the Revolution, the United Daughters
Of the Confederacy, the Trinity Col
lege Historical Society, the Wachovia
Historical Society and the North Car
DINA State Hall Of History, and vari-
Gus other activities.
This review Of the Historical Actiyi-
ties shows that during the two years
covered by the report, sixteen nlonu-
ments We're erected in North Carolina;
that twelve tablets and markers were
set up IN commemoration Of historic
events; that five other memorials
ttWo arches, one drinking fountain.
and two memorial buildings) were
erected; that the corner-stones Of
three monuments were laid: that
movements were organized for the
erection Of sixteen other monuments.
that eight portraits of persons emf
heht III the history Of the State were
presented to the State; that The State
Hal! Of History at Raleigh added o
SUI relics, documents. portraits. etc.
TO Us collection; that the city of New
Bern, in July, 1910, celebrated on an
elaborate scale the two-hundredth an
hiNersary OF its founding, and that
ieslslatlon was enacted authorizing
I'VE TO aid IN the building of
monuments. appropriating from the
state treasury for q like purpose
s2'ooo, creating a State Library Com
MISSION, authorizing the indeNino Of
the and grants in the office Of he
SECRETARY OF State. incorporating
'hfee patriotic societies, INC making
April 18th, the anniversary of the
adoption Of the Halifax Resolution
April 18th, 1876, the most significant
event III our Revolutionary History, q,
legal holiday.
NO one can reai this report with,
OUT feeling that North Carolina
Whatever may have been her indiffer-
ence to her history in the past. is TO-
DAY IN the midst Of 2 Ceritah,o ~.