LeeinNC wrote:
Senator Sam Ervin, known for his role in the Watergate hearings, was from Morganton, NC. We have a statue of the late senator smack dab in the middle of town.
No doubt she heard something about him in school.
Senator Ervin's grandson, Sam Ervin IV, was in my class at Davidson College. Our Freshman year was during the Watergate hearings. Sam IV kept a low profile. I remember the guy as quiet, steady, and smart. Later, after getting a law degree at Harvard, he became a NC Supreme Court judge. No doubt, he got a lot of inspiration from his grandfather.