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The North Carolina Azalea Festival unveiled the artwork representing its seventy-seventh year of festivities Wednesday night - an homage to a tree and a festival intertwined in Wilmington history.This year's selection, "Southern Roots," is an oil painting by Wilmington artist Sharon Jones.It depicts the twisting branches of Airlie Garden's namesake 'Airlie Oak.'