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Article: History for All the People: 100 Years of Public History in North Carolina
- Article from:
- South Carolina Historical Magazine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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History for All the People: 100 Years of Public History in North Carolina. By Ansley Herring Wegner. (Raleigh: Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2003.Pp.118;$14.70, paper.)
Anniversary and commemorative histories are a significant part of public history because anniversaries galvanize the attention of the public, and histories, or historical narratives, fill some of the needs that attention demands. Anniversaries are a time to reflect on what has happened and to celebrate accomplishments, to be sure. They are also a time to reflect on how the subject has dealt with the challenges it faced during its history. The best of these anniversary ...