Monday, May 16, 2011

Tales of North Carolina's gutsy twins still go on

They were born 200 years ago this month and became North Carolina's most famous homesteaders. They were superstar performers better known in their day than Abraham Lincoln. They toured the globe and were received by royalty.

Their names were Chang and Eng Bunker, but you know them as the Siamese Twins.
Though their relationship would later unravel, Eng, left, and Chang Bunker were a sensation for their era.

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