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Cherry Point 70th anniversary recalls forced land sale
Memories of families displaced for the 1941 Cherry Point Marine air base endure as Marie Bryan and others recount losing generations of land. A 7 582 acre Declaration of Taking was filed August 27 1941, with compensation noted as about 11 dollars per acre. Historian Eddie Ellis notes residents faced low prices for land once part of Nelsons town and surrounding communities.
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Marie Bryan
Cherry Point
Hancock Creek
Neuse River
Bryan
Marine Corps Air Station
United States
Marine Corps Air Base
James Forrestal
Havelock
Ellis
Nelsontown
Roosevelt Boulevard
Little Witness
N.C. 101