6. Nash County -- Nashville -- 4/8/06

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_County%2C_North_Carolina

What? NC has a Nashville? It sure does! I didn't notice any hopeful country music folks playing old standards on the corner, but Nashville, it is.

This courthouse was interesting because it didn't have a Confederate monument. But it did have a WWI canon and statue. AND a monument to Edgecombe County sheriffs that had died. Isn't that nice that Nash County liked Edgecombe County sheriffs that much? Well, the two counties DO share Rocky Mount (the railroad tracks in downtown Rocky Mount split the two counties). The two dates on the courthouse you can barely see say 1833 and 1921.

Right after we took this picture, we heard, "Laura? Is that you?" Out of the cafe to the left of me in the picture, came one of Laura's fellow teachers. She was confused why Laura of all people would be standing in downtown Nashville. Soooo, we had to explain. And it's very funny to see people you know when wandering around random towns. I'm telling you, Twilight Zone! We had also been talking about how funny it would be if we saw someone we knew in one of these random towns.