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Every Southerner’s got a cat story or two—this one’s from the Outer Banks of the 1930’s: https://t.co/IaVprBNTKG #VoiceOfTheSouth #cats

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For nearly forty years her earlier life was hidden in a closet—what a shock when it all came to light: https://t.co/GzO8h4yLVH #VOTS

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This little college town is in a lot of ways like the South in miniature: https://t.co/ZDZc6rtiWF

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South Carolina has had only one state capitol: begun in 1851, it took 56 years to build it! https://t.co/iPjBmSu5bA #SouthCarolina

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Here is one Southern woman who didn't let the culture of the day keep her from her dreams:https://t.co/uzArncOwMN #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Did you know Louisiana had a castle for its capitol for over fifty years? https://t.co/XSHBhb0kfZ #VoiceOfTheSouth #Louisiana

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Did you know a German scientist-swimmer swam the entire length of the Tennessee River this summer https://t.co/HqtC9O0X7Y #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Do you know your state’s state song? I bet you (and just about everybody else) knows these: https://t.co/uXSACJIahv #VoiceOfTheSouth

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There is nothing like a southern peach. Crawford County has some of the best peaches in the land. https://t.co/fHv64cV0l1 #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Thankful we have some fabulously beautiful and not merely functional government buildings in the South: https://t.co/BqAj9dMhfh #VOTS

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It’s a “renewable resource”—you can hunt that field just as well as grow crops in it: https://t.co/aM2ZRlUVoT #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Did you know idealSouthern town"Mayberry USA (Mt. Airy, NC) is home to the world's largest open-face granite quarry https://t.co/Csw4U9T2AA

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You can see a lot and do a lot in 99 years—including trivial stuff like NASA’s math calculations: https://t.co/YQkLmWkUaa #VoiceOfTheSouth

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We take them for granted, but did you ever wonder where your pencils came from? https://t.co/91ZdViildo #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Wake up, fix some coffee, and catch one of the most beautiful sights the South has to offer: https://t.co/WzlHzHGnoz #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Nobody can say this Tennessee town suffers from an identity crisis: https://t.co/jEKYxFEkY0
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Family vacation shots a hundred-something years ago could get pretty crazy: https://t.co/5JMRngJxiI #VoiceOfTheSouth

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It’s a train, it’s a song, it’s a city—it’s an all-American hit from first to last: https://t.co/xtAIOBMlnd #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Murder, intrigue, slavery, and battle—beautiful Savannah has some not so pretty stories to tell: https://t.co/OPlIhnJDZ9 #VoiceOfTheSouth

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Using citizens to help create weapons of mass destruction without their cognizant assent? It's been done: https://t.co/uxhG4aBgBY