1980-2004
The Bird Cage restaurant
Chicken chow mein, at $3.50 per plate, was the final special at The Bird Cage, the restaurant on the second floor of The Capitol department store on Hay Street.
The Capitol closed in 1990 after 77 years in business at that location. For many residents, The Capitol was the ultimate downtown shopping experience.
Fedayeen uniforms included black fiberglass helmets such as this one.
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Fedayeen helmet
Special Forces and 82nd Airborne soldiers have played a vital role in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
They defeated Saddam Hussein's forces and have worked to rebuild the country.
For years Saddam's paramilitary forces, the Fedayeen, helped the dictator control the country through fear. A Fedayeen helmet is in the inventory of the Airborne & Special Operations Museum.
Hay Street demolition
Crowds watch on Aug. 28, 1983, as workers begin demolition of the 500 block of Hay Street by tearing down the marquee of the Town Theater.
Bars such as the Bunny Club, The Pumphouse and the Pop-A-Top also came down as Fayetteville began a campaign to change its downtown image.
Planes collide at Pope Air Force Base
A C-141 transport plane burns March 23, 1994, on Pope Air Force Base. An F-16 and a C-130 collided in mid-air and set off a chain reaction. The F-16 crashed into the C-141 on the ground. Burning fuel and debris hit paratroopers waiting to make a jump. The crash killed 24 Fort Bragg soldiers and injured about 100 others.
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