The Daily Herald celebrates 100 years

The Daily Herald in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., held a week​-long celebration last week to commemorate its 100-year anniversary.
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Throughout the week customers were invited to come to the lobby of the Herald and get free refreshments and cookies​.​ ​They also could sign up for tours of the facility and see the press run.
 
On Tuesday, the Herald had an Employee Day to recognize​ ​the contributions of its employees, according to Titus Workman, publisher at The Daily Herald.​ ​All employees​ ​wore​ ​eye-catching blue​ ​100-year anniversary​​ ​T-shirts and​ ​enjoyed a cookout​ ​of hamburgers and hot dogs​ ​for lunch.
 
On Open House took place on Thursday ​with catered food, ​a huge ​birthday cake and music by local guitarist Chad Reed.​ Old archived issues of the newspaper were available for people to view.​
 
A time capsule was buried with various items that reflect the history of the newspaper as well as others that provide a record of the centennial celebration. Thursday's newspaper featured a special commemorative section, featuring the history of the Herald, some historic front pages, information about the time capsule and comments from previous publishers at the Herald.​