Showing posts with label New Bern North Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Bern North Carolina. Show all posts

Monday, April 9, 2012

2009 Was the 300th Birthday of New Bern, NC

New Bern is a very old city, to say the least.

It served as the Colonial capital of North Carolina (Tyron Palace), was the site of a Civil War battlefield, the birthplace of Pepsi.

Named for Bern, Switzerland, the home of its founder Christophe de Graffenreid.

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