| Tucked away on the southern border of central North Carolina is a gateway to some of the most historic events in the life of a state and a nation. A place that will charm you with its beauty, its friendliness, its unhurried nature — and, on occasion, with the haunting moan of bagpipes floating on the breezes. It is a place indelibly marked by the Native American civilizations that thrived here. By the hardy Scottish Highlanders who forged a new way of life here. And by the thousands who shed their blood in the name of freedom during Revolutionary and Civil Wars battles fought here. |