Greensboro was full of surprises. We were just planning to stop for the night.
It is home to Replacements, Ltd, a business that buys and sells china, crystal and silver. I have purchased online from them. We were able to tour the facility and then purchase a table knife to our stainless to replace one that had broken. Since our silverware is 43 years old I bought one that was 1/2 price because it showed its "patina". They stock over 425,000 patterns. Rooneys were able to purchase dinner plates to match their wedding china pattern.
We went downtown and saw the Millennium Gate. 106 icons representing people, ideas, inventions, events that have made a significant difference in the past 1000 years.The Wright brothers plane is in the center near the top.
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| Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter was the place where 4 black students sat at the "white only" lunch counter on Feb 1, 1960. We saw the lunch counter when we were at the Smithsonian. We had planned to go to the Civil Rights Center but got there too late. The museum is in the old Woolworth building. |
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