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February 2023
Salute To Brigadier General James R Gorham (Ret.)
at the Angus Barn Pavillion James R. (“J.R.”) Gorham became the first African-American General in the history of the North Carolina National Guard when he was promoted to that rank in 2008. Now retired from the Guard, J.R. Gorham was born and grew up in the small town of Falkland in Pitt County, North Carolina. J.R. joined the Army right out of high school and served for three years as an enlisted soldier in the mid- 1970’s. After being discharged,…
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