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The two RV Gypsies in Edenton, North Carolina
(Chowan County)
June 25, 2020

(page 1 of 4)

USA map showing location of North CarolinaNC map showing location of Edenton

The Town of Edenton, NC

Welcome to Edenton NC sign

Below: Caswell County Confederate Soldier Monument, Yanceyville

This monument, located in front of the Caswell County Court House as a memorial to the county's Confederate veterans, displays a Confederate soldier standing atop a pedestal. He wears the Confederate uniform complete with hat and is depicted as a man with high cheekbones, a full mustache, and a goatee.

Inscription: "TO / THE SONS OF CASWELL COUNTY / WHO SERVED IN THE WAR OF 1861-1865 / IN ANSWER TO THE CALL OF THEIR COUNTRY IN WHATEVER EVENT THAT MAY FACE / OUR NATIONAL EXISTENCE MAY GOD / GIVE US THE WILL TO DO WHAT IS / RIGHT, THAT, LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS, / WE MAY IMPRESS OUR TIME WITH THE / SINCERITY AND STEADFASTNESS / OF OUR LIVES."

monument

Above quote from https://www.legion.org/memorials/239130/caswell-county-confederate-soldier-monument-yanceyville

historyThe Original Barker House was built about 1782, and expanded during the 19th century. It is a 2 1/2-story frame dwelling with Georgian, Federal, and Greek Revival style design elements. It sits on a brick foundation and has a pair of single-shoulder exterior chimneys at both ends of the brick foundation. The front facade features a full-length, two-tier porch carried on superimposed fluted pillars under a shed roof.

The house commemorates the life of Penelope Barker of Edenton who organized 51 ladies to sign a petition to King George III saying NO to taxation on tea and cloth. Unlike the tea party at Boston, the women at Edenton not only signed their names to the petition but sent it to the King and caused British newspapers to decry the first political demonstration by women in North America.

The Barker House serves as the Welcome Center for Edenton. It is owned, preserved and opened seven days a week by the Edenton Historical Commission and complements several sites of Historic Edenton. The Barker House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

above quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barker_House_(Edenton,_North_Carolina)

sign about Penelope Barker House

Below: View of The Barker House and the tree island in Arbermarle Sound - as seen from the Joseph Hewes Memorial (shown a bit further down this page).

View of The Barker House and Albemarle Sound island tree in Albermarle Sound

Below: Views from inside the Visitor Center (Barker House)

view of the Roanoke River Lighthouse garden view
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sign about Joseph Hewes
Joseph Hewes monument
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Julien Wood House sign
Julien Wood House
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Elizabeth Van Moore Memorial Park sign
Dr. Hugh Williamson sign

Below: Several views of The Williamson Monument

The Williamson Monument
The Williamson Monument
The Williamson Monument
The Williamson Monument
The Williamson Monument The Williamson Monument
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Below: A bridge (road) to a private club next to the Memorial Park shown above.

bridge road to a private club bridge roadto a private club
Albemarie Sound
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North Carolina's Oldest House sign
North Carolina's Oldest House
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Note: The Edenton Cotton Mill Museum of History was closed when the two RV Gypsies were here, so they were unable to go inside. It is much bigger than the small portion of the building shown below.

Edenton Cotton Mill Museum of History sign
part of the Edenton Cotton Mill Museum of History building
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NC Scenic Byway sign
1767 Chowan County Courthouse sign
1767 Chowan County Courthouse 1767 Chowan County Courthouse
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Edenton Tea Pot sign

historyThe Edenton Tea Party was one of the earliest organized women’s political actions in United States history. On October 25, 1774, Mrs. Penelope Barker organized, at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth King, fifty-one women in Edenton, North Carolina. Together they formed an alliance wholeheartedly supporting the American cause against “taxation without representation.” - quoted from a brochure.

welcome sign Edenton Tea Po

Below: It took the two RV Gypsies a long time to find the tea pot because it was much smaller than they expected. They actually drove by it several times before noticing it behind the fence shown above.

This memorial marks the spot where the women of Edenton gathered in 1774 to protest the British tax on tea. The marker is a 250 pound cast bronze teapot with an upright Revolutionary War era cannon serving as the base. It is highly decorated. Featured prominently on one side (north) is the scene from the Great Seal of North Carolina showing the figures Liberty and Plenty in relief above the words North Carolina. On the south facing side is the inscription - "ON THIS SPOT STOOD THE RESIDENCE / OF MRS. ELIZABETH KING IN WHICH THE / LADIES OF EDENTON MET OCT. 25, 1774 / TO PROTEST AGAINST THE TAX ON TEA"

Above quote from https://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/717/

Edenton Tea Pot Edenton Tea Pot

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