Local historian Chris Barber will explore how Tyrrell County’s hero of the American Revolution, Col. Edward Buncombe, became American by choice. She will focus on the final 10 years of Buncombe’s remarkable life, including his service in the Continental Line with the 5th Regiment of the North Carolina Brigade. Buncombe was injured in the 1777 Battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and taken prisoner by the British. Having never obtained proper medical care, he died the following year and was buried in Philadelphia.
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About America 250 NC
America 250 NC is North Carolina’s commemoration of the United States’ 250th anniversary and is led by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. For more information about America 250 NC, visit america250.nc.gov.