I was in Miss Perkins’ 7th period music class at Hugh Morson Junior High School on November 22, 1963, longing for the school day to end and the weekend to begin, when our principal, Mr. Proctor, announced over the PA system that President Kennedy had been shot. A few girls began to cry; a couple boys made derisive comments about the president; but I, as did most of my classmates that day, just sat there in stunned silence.

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Our Flashback Friday feature this week is a rare postcard view of the Wake County Courthouse — rare because of the card type and rare because of the view itself.

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This week Flashback Friday leaves the familiarity of downtown Raleigh and heads out to the Colonial Pines Hotel, located two miles south of town. We’re talking 1956, mind you.

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