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North Carolina State Northeastern Watermelon Festival

Hertford County Watermelon FestivalHertford County Watermelon Festival

Adopted in 1993.
The State of North Carolina has three official festivals.

In 1993, the General Assembly adopted the Hertford County Watermelon Festival as the official Northeastern North Carolina Watermelon Festival (Session Laws, 1993, c. 212).

The North Carolina Watermelon Festival Is Organized by: The N.C. Watermelon Association, the Hertford County Cooperative Extension Service, The Murfreesboro Chamber of Commerce, The Murfreesboro Historical Assn., and The Town of Murfreesboro.


For more information, contact Kay Mitchell at (252) 398-5922 or write The N.C. Watermelon Festival, P.O. Box 3, Murfreesboro, N. C. 27855
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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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