Did you know that today is National Oklahoma Day? ⚓️ @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #oklahoma WWI 172.F2.16 Snapshot looking out over the side of the US Navy battleship USS New Hampshire (BB-25) at the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) sailing flic.kr/p/2mNpDrN

Happy National Ocean Day! 🌊 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #ocean PhC_23_1_2312_10 From the Farmers Cooperative Exchange Photograph Collection, State Archives; Raleigh, NC. flic.kr/p/24hfysW

Are you celebrating National Movie Night? 🎥 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #movie #movienight WWII 165.B3.F12.7a Closeup photograph of a Mitchell 35mm motion picture camera (No. 438) flic.kr/p/2gdwQhN

Happy National Red Rose Day! 🌹 #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #redrose #rose PhC_23_1_3031_4 From the Farmers Cooperative Exchange Photograph Collection, State Archives; Raleigh, NC. flic.kr/p/GdH3Ed

Did you know that today is World Softball Day? 🥎 #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #softball WWII 33.B4.F11.10 Snapshot of a US Army soldier named George DiNatalie playing catcher & standing up behind the plate during a baseball game flic.kr/p/25Rh7jM

Have you ever been to New Mexico? #nationalnewmexicoday #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #newmexico WWI 62.B1.F17.1 View of a military wagon train with General John J. Pershing’s Punitive Expedition returning to the US military camp at Columbus, NM flic.kr/p/QY8bJb

Be sure to take some photos for National Nature Photography Day! 📸 #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #naturephotography PhC_9_4_45_27 Southport January 1939 From the Charles A Farrell Photo Collection, PhC.9, State Archives of NC, Raleigh, NC flic.kr/p/ubyfWZ

Any weekend adventures planned? 😃 #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #airborne CLDW 71.F2.1 Original pencil drawing with blue color pencil shading of an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper sailing down to the ground with an open parachute flic.kr/p/2kw34ho

Happy #JuneteenthDay! Discover the history of the newest federal holiday and related records at the State Archives in this short video. Click the link below to dive into history and celebrate #Juneteenth! youtu.be/Tb0zt8pJ8Fc

Today marks the 159th anniversary of the Battle of Kinston! @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #kinston #battleofkinston OP_242_1 Battle Near Kinston flic.kr/p/eRDQdL

Is this what they meant by National Sea Shell Day? 🦪 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #seashell #oyster pc1837_B46_c_F_F67 From the Eric W Rodgers Papers, PC1837. Box 46, Folder 67 F. An oyster reef exposed at low tide, Brunswick Co. flic.kr/p/2h6Za2j

Did you know that today is National Kissing Day?? 😘 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #nc #northcarolina #archives #nationalkissingday WWII 230.F8.25 Snapshot of U.S. Marine Delbert L. Tenney (left) and his wife Leona J. Tenney (right) kissing under the mistletoe flic.kr/p/2kwTfNX

Be sure to celebrate National Hydration Day! 💦 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #hydration #water WWII 96.F1.9 Snapshot of two unidentified women, wearing swimsuits and sunglasses, drinking from cups as they walk on the boardwalk flic.kr/p/ZvTy2q

Ahoy to the week! ⚓️ State Archives of NC #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #boating PhC_9_2_27_2 Captain Fuzzy of the Whitehead, no date; estimated 1935-1940 From the Charles A. Farrell Photo Collection, PhC.9, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC. flic.kr/p/uQLYr5

Did you know that today is International Pineapple Day? 🍍 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #pineapple WWII 73.B1.F26.4 Hawaiian Pineapple Company (later the Dole Company) cannery facilities, with the large pineapple-shaped water tower flic.kr/p/UbPYWN

Happy National Alaska Day! 🥶 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #alaska MMP 9.B2.F11.19N Photograph of 1st Lt. Elmer P. Gibson standing outside on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, during World War II flic.kr/p/2gGFTi5

Be sure to celebrate National Handshake Day! 🤝 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #handshake WWII 191.B2.F8.13 Cropped photograph of 3 US Army Air Forces officers from the 5th Bomb Group (Heavy) practicing special handshakes flic.kr/p/2hv9fg4

Check out this photo taken #otd in 1943! 🛩 @ncarchives #foa #sanc #nc #northcarolina #plane WWII 143.S12 Official U.S. Navy glass recognition training slide of a U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner bomber airplane, taken on June 30, 1943 (Slide No. M 750A) flic.kr/p/2b5SztW

Look who's hard at work for National Clam Day! #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #friedclams PhC9_2_16_20 Marines, Onslow County, NC, ca. 1939. New River Clam Digger. Bill used to be a certified accountant. He loves the solitude of the great river. flic.kr/p/5zmLJy

Enjoy your Independence Day! #foa #sanc #archives #nc #northcarolina #independenceday VW 22.B2.F6.8 Black-and-white photograph of a group of U.S. Army soldiers posing around a grill as one of the men is grilling steaks or ribs flic.kr/p/2e9UpXv