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that captures the essence of where we’ve been and who we are today were among
year since Wrightsville Beach Magazine has been in publication, the staff chose its favorite stories to share with our readers.
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August 2003
The Messenger
Each year multitudes of people flock to
our shore to enjoy what locals know is
a personal slice of the Promised Land. It
has been this way for more years than
anyone alive can count. One such famous
face belongs to Anne Graham Lotz, the
daughter of renowned
Christian evangelist Billy
Graham and his late wife
Ruth. Like most North
Carolinians, the Graham
and Lotz families have
been coming to the
beach for generations.
And like her father and
her brother Franklin, Anne
has dedicated her life to
Christian outreach.
By Pat Bradford
August 2001
A Look Back in Time, an excerpt from Cape Fear Lost
Pembroke Park, now
known as Landfall,
was the hallowed
playground of
Pembroke Jones,
a 3,000-acre
wilderness reserved
for Jones and his
distinguished guests.
Wilmingtonians called
it The Lodge, Jones
called it The Bungalow,
but the Italian ambassador,
who once visited Pembroke
Park, reportedly declared
the Italianate mansion, “the
most perfect note of Italy in
America.” Long gone but not
forgotten, fabulous black and
white photographs illustrate
the dynastic dwelling.
By Susan Taylor Block
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