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Uploaded by on Jul 29, 2010

In the summer of 1967, the North Carolina Fund and WAMY Community Action financed a rural water project in the Avery County settlement known as Blevins Creek. Until that time, local residents had walked miles each day to fetch water in buckets from a nearby spring. Sargent Shriver, director of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), and evangelist Billy Graham visited Blevins Creek for the project's dedication ceremony. OEO documented the event in this film.

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  • This is amazing! It was incredible to see my mother, grandmother and grandfather, aunt and uncles when they were so young. Brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it. Just incredible. Thank you, Chrisitan Swann

  • @rationalchic

    Thanks for the note. What a wonderful way to connect with this history! I hope that you'll share the film with others in the area who might be interested.

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  • a beautiful part of my history

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