Talk:New Bern, North Carolina

pictures
This article needs at least one picture of the city waterfront or something along that line. Does anyone have a pic?--AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 02:46, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Bears, Flag
It's a subtle thing but it "bears" mentioning. The Bern flag features an obviously male bear. New Bern's flag has been altered to represent either an emasculated male bear or a female one. I don't know why this was done, but close examination of the flags on this article and the one for Bern, Switzerland will confirm this to be true. Therefore, technically, Bern and New Bern do not share a flag, but their flags are similar. Scott Johnson (talk) 21:14, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Bern=Bear?
Just wanted to let you know that the word bern doesnt mean bear in german its just similar to the german word for bear which is Bär... Pls excuse my bad english... Greetings from Bern/Switzerland 194.230.159.115 (talk) 02:50, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Just ran across this. You are right. That was part of several edits by an anonymous IP. Will take that out. Article probably needs someone to go through it carefully. Will see what I can do when I have time. Anyone else who knows the area more, please edit. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 03:43, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Historical firsts paragraph
I just took out the "historical firsts" paragraph from the article. It was completely unreferenced, some of it seems like it might not be that notable and was not formatted well. It showed up as a paragraph, but in the markup, it looks like someone intended for it to be a list. Think it would be too cumbersome as a list and really not necessary. Prose format would be preferable. Also, if someone thinks is should go back in, it could stand to be re-worded a good bit and made more specific. Some of the info was kind of vague. And definitely needs references if any of it is to be put back in. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 05:39, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Souvenir shop
As I understand, there's a Swiss souvenir shop in New Bern, where the Swiss owner keep a book that all Swiss visitors can sign. Not certain if it's worth mentioning, but as a Swiss person, that's how I heard about New Bern. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.0.102.122 (talk) 19:14, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

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Radio Station
I'm not in the area to hear what is being broadcast locally, but there seems to be some reverting edits about one of the stations. Can someone clarify what is playing on 95.7 vs 107.9 FM. I'm viewing http://www.beachboogieandblues.com/about-us/ which says the local frequency is 95.7. Thanks. MartinezMD (talk) 21:04, 17 January 2018 (UTC)

Trent River Camp
As stated in the edit summary moving this cited content here:

“Relocating to talk page. This is a fine start on a new article about the Trent River camp, but it is far too much in detail, and far to off-base from the central thrust of this article on the city of New Bern, to stand at that length as part of it. The subject has already been introduced effectively [in the body of the article above]:


 * After the January 1863 Emancipation Proclamation of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, slaves within the Confederate States were declared free, but not those in the United States. His order carefully limited the Proclamation to those areas in insurrection, where civil government was not respected and his military authority, therefore, applied. Because of this proclamation, more freedmen came to the Trent River camp for protection. The Union Army appointed Horace James, a Congregational chaplain from Massachusetts, as the "Superintendent of Negro Affairs for the North Carolina District" on behalf of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. In addition to the Trent River camp, James supervised development of the offshore Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony, which was intended to be self-supporting. Beginning in 1863, a total of nearly 4,000 freedmen from North Carolina enlisted in the U.S. Colored Troops to fight with the Union Army for their permanent freedom, including 150 men from the colony on Roanoke Island.

I encourage anyone familiar with this topic, interested in it, or who contributed this work to the city of New Bern article, to use it as a start on a new article on this subject. 2601:196:180:DC0:8948:8E76:4164:26A9 (talk) 19:38, 6 September 2023 (UTC)