CALENDAR OF EVENTS

January 28, 2012  2:00 pm "Civil War Comes to the Mountains" Lecture Series:. Rebels and Tories in the Mountains presented by Dr. Steven E. Nash.  LOCATION: Reuter Center on the UNC-A campus in the Manheimer Room, 102A  Nash received his bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and his Master’s Degree from Western Carolina University and his Ph.D.  from University of Georgia. His dissertation was entitled “The Extremest Conditions of Humanity: Emancipation, Conflict, and Progress in Western North Carolina, 1865 – 1880”.  WNCHA members may attend free of charge.  A $5.00 donation is requested from non-members.
 

February 11, 2012 - 11:00am - 12:30pm Victorian Tea Party (for children and adults) The program will have the children learning about Victorian Manners and Etiquette with a special interpretation of the 1890s dining room at the Museum. Dress code will be "Sunday Best". White gloves will be available for use at the Museum. Period style costumes and Victorian style dolls are also welcome! The Victorian High Tea will feature a menu of sandwiches and sweets and the craft activity will be making Victorian Valentines. The cost for each participant is $10.00.  Reservations are required and must be called in or emailed by Feb. 9, 2012. 253-9231 or education@wnchistory.org

March 24, 2012  2:00 pm  "Civil War Comes to the Mountains" Lecture Series:  Guerrilla War and Remembrance presented by Dr. John C. Inscoe.  Dr. Inscoe has taught southern history at the University of Georgia for the past twenty-five years.  A native of Morganton, NC, much of his research and writing has focused on nineteenth-century southern Appalachia, specifically on the issues of slavery, race and the Civil War.  His latest book on the topic is Race, War, and Remembrance in the Appalachian South.  He also co-authored, with Dr. Gordon B. McKinney, the book, The Heart of Confederate Appalachia:  Western North Carolina's Civil War.   WNCHA members may attend free of charge.  A $5.00 donation is requested from non-members. 
 

March 29, 2012  6:00 pm    Hold the Date:  Annual Fernihurst Fundraiser Dinner  More information will follow soon.


April 7, 2012  9:30 am   Civil War Trails Bus Tour on 147th Anniversary of the Battle of Asheville.  Join us on the 147th Anniversary of the Battle of Asheville for this informative event with John Turk, Smith McDowell House Museum historian and interpretive guide on this three hour bus tour.  We will visit Civil War places such as the home of a Major in the Confederate Army, the site of a slave cemetery, the state of a prisoner of war camp and Riverside Cemetery.  The tour will leave from the Smith McDowell House Museum at 9:30 am.  Seating is limited and reservations are required.  For reservations and further information you may call 828-253-9231 or email smh@wnchistory.org.  The cost for this tour is $15.00 for members of WNCHA and $35.00 for non-members.

May 5, 2012  2:00 pm  "Civil War Comes to the Mountains" Lecture Series:  Slavery in western North Carolina. This lecture, presented by Dr. Darin Waters, will examine the role that slavery played in the development of western North Carolina's economic, political, and social structure.  While western North Carolina was never dominated by the plantation economy that characterized so much of the rest of the South, slaves were still present and used in the region.  Basic questions such as when and why slaves were introduced to the region, what their jobs were, and how their presence influenced race relations and racial attitudes in the region will be discussed.  This lecture will be co-sponsored by AB Tech and will be held on the AB Tech Campus in the Simpson Lecture Hall.  WNCHA members may attend free of charge.  A $5.00 donation is requested from non-members.

June 9, 2012  2:00 pm  "Civil War Comes to the Mountains" Lecture Series:  A Place of Their Own:  The Young Men's Institute and Black Social Uplift in Post-Civil War Asheville.  This lecture, presented by Dr. Darin Waters, will explore the development of the African American community in Asheville following the Civil War. The lecture will be co-sponsored by AB Tech and will be held on the AB Tech Campus in the Simpson Lecture Hall.  WNCHA members may attend free of charge.  A $5.00 donation is requested from non-members.


June 16, 2012  5:00 pm  Hold the Date:  "A Taste of History"  Fundraising Event  More information will follow soon.