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  2. Andy Griffith Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Andy Griffith Museum is a museum dedicated to the life and career of American actor, television producer, and singer Andy Griffith. The museum, which houses the world's largest collection of Andy Griffith memorabilia, is located in Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. [1] Much of the museum's collection was acquired by ...

  3. Emmett Forrest - Wikipedia

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    Forrest was an extensive collector of memorabilia spanning Griffith's career. [2] He persuaded Andy Griffith to donate set pieces and other items from the Andy Griffith Show. Forrest used his collection to found the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, North Carolina, which opened to the public on September 26, 2009. [3] [4]

  4. Mayberry - Wikipedia

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    Mayberry is the name of a real community in Patrick County, Virginia; located 22 miles northeast of Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The Mayberry Trading Post, home of the Mayberry, Virginia post office until it closed in 1922, told local TV station WGHP that Griffith and his father made many trips to the Mayberry Trading ...

  5. Where to Find the Most Iconic Retro Diner in Your State - AOL

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    Mount Airy Andy Griffith was from Mount Airy, and Snappy Lunch is the only real restaurant from the city ever mentioned on the Andy Griffith Show. The century-old restaurant that only serves until ...

  6. Mount Airy, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Actor Andy Griffith was born in Mount Airy, and the town is [25] considered to have been the basis for Mayberry, the setting of the TV shows The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. [26] The community holds an annual "Mayberry Days" celebration during the last weekend of September; 30,000 attended in 2009, and 90,000 attended for the show's ...

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  8. Mayberry Mall - Wikipedia

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    Mayberry Mall is a shopping mall located just outside Mount Airy, North Carolina on the east side of U.S. Highway 52. It was named after the fictitious town of Mayberry in which The Andy Griffith Show was based. There are three anchor stores, Belk, Hobby Lobby and Shoe Show. (Doing business as one of Shoe Shows brand names, Shoe Dept.)

  9. Andy Griffith - Wikipedia

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    A second statue was later erected in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy of Andy and Opie outside the Andy Griffith museum. Andy Griffith signature model guitar commissioned by C.F. Martin & Company; Presidential Medal of Freedom (2005) [74] [75] Christian Music Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2007) [76]