Present-day New Bern

• 30,000 people

Claims to Fame

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### Pepsi-Cola 
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### Nicholas Sparks and *The Notebook* 
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### First Permanent Colonial Capital of North Carolina 
---> First State Capital
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Colonial Beginnings

• Founded in 1710 by Swiss settlers
• Named after Bern, Switzerland
• Governor Tryon
• Tryon Palace completed in 1770

"Revolutionary" Changes

• Royal Governor Martin fled New Bern in 1775
• NC's first state capital until 1794
• Visited by George Washington in 1791
• Tryon Palace burns down in 1798

Reconstruction

• Only Stable Office remained
• Highway and houses built over original Palace foundations
• Reconstruction began in the 1950s
• Reopened in 1959

Conclusion

• idk