Tryon's+Palace

= ﻿**The Battle of Alamance** = **Governor Tyron, assuming that the Regulators would rise again, gathered militia from across the Costal Plain and marched on Hillsborough "against the insurgents".**
 * Tryon noted at the opening celebration, the building was to be "an honor to British America". the most important decoration was the carved "arms of George 3," the offical symbol of the king's authority,that was put into place above the front door.That was one reason critics thoughtout the backcountry disliked the haughty tryon and his "place". Tryon moved into the house in 1770 and stayed there for only a couple of years. For a while it was used for school. When the governor's residence was completed in 1770 in the newly designated capital New Bern, it rivaled any goverment building in the British Empire. The governor and his family lived on the second floor. The north Caroina citizens became determined to rebuild the palace,using Hawks original plan. After World war 2,they raised enough money to pay for the reconstruction. The palace opened in 1959, and has been one of the leading tourist destinations in the state since then. **