Texana, North Carolina 5

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color digital photograph capturing the outside of a home in the historic African American community of Texana in Murphy, North Carolina. The single-story house has turquoise window shutters and a tin roof. At center is an enclosed porch, with uncovered patios on either side. Running along the front of the house is a for military family members with seven white crosses, American flags, and flowers, enclosed in a border of concrete bricks. Horizontally at the center of each cross is the name of the family member with the branch they served in listed vertically. Each cross is topped with a small American flag and there are yellow or orange flowers at the bottom of each cross. A large tree is to the left of the porch, behind the memorial. On either side of the front porch door is a white flower cross. In the background is the sun setting among the trees.

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