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Spotted...at UNC Chapel Hill. 😒 Damn Communists. Sent to me today by my fave College Republican. She says Chapel Hill is utterly INFESTED and I believe it. North Carolina's Atty General in the 1780's, Justice Alfred Moore, is rolling in his grave. As is Uncle Edward. Upon returning from a decade-long stint in Paris following WWI, my great-great-uncle studied art in NYC before returning home to NC. He purchased historic Moorefields on May 14, 1949. A notable artist and UNC French professor, Uncle Edward originally bought Moorefields for the sole purpose of building an art studio. He was a sculptor + painter. But, he decided to extensively restore it, to include designing and adding French-style formal gardens. The gardens in which Mother sat for hours, days on end, while he did a bronze bust of her head. One of my most prized possessions. In fact, Uncle Edward was awarded the prestigious Cannon Cup by the North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities in 1960 and, in 1972, the year I was born, Moorefields was added to the National Register of Historic Places. When doing some research, he discovered we were related to the Moores via a marriage through the Savage line. His paternal great aunts, Elizabeth and Ellen Savage of Wilmington, NC were both married to Alfred Moore Waddell. When Elizabeth passed away, Waddell married Ellen. Keep it in the family, I guess! Lawd, please don't let the damn local activists know. Whatever. The Savages were abolitionists. I win. 😆☝🏽 (Alfred Moore Waddell was the great-grandson of Justice Alfred Moore.) Justice Moore chose Hillsborough for its important role in early American government. As one of the largest towns in central North Carolina and a key seat for state gov affairs in the piedmont, the location was aces. As North Carolina’s Attorney General during the 1780s, Moore’s proximity to Hillsborough and its burgeoning legal scene made for conducting business sans migraine. "As I look back and recall the happy days spent on that old place, they seem to be seperated from me by a hundred years and are wrapped in a tender mist of indescribable memories." - Alfred Moore Waddell, 1908 With love from NC, Uncle Edward. Props for preserving Moorefields. (Grandad insisted my initials be NC for, you guessed it, the Old North State.) Road trip anyone? Link below to a most EXCELLENT article from Adele Lassiter/American Nomad Traveler. #LoveLoyaltyAndFaith #NCFirst #FightFightFight #Moorefields @WoodyWhite5 @JohnHinnant @WhatleyNC @danescalise @ReaganFaul21580 @LukeWaddell (the OTHER Waddell! 😉)