BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Asheville Museum of History - ECPv6.1.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Asheville Museum of History X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wnchistory.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Asheville Museum of History REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T190000 DTSTAMP:20240328T102039 CREATED:20210819T155659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211006T161941Z UID:8955-1634234400-1634238000@wnchistory.org SUMMARY:WNCHA Lectures: The Marion Mill Massacre in Memory DESCRIPTION:Join the Western NC Historical Association Thursday\, October 14 at 6PM via Zoom as we kick off a month of programming centered on labor and mill history in WNC. \nOn October 2\, 1929\, deputies killed six textile workers at the Marion Manufacturing Company mill\, marking one of the deadliest labor strikes in the South. This event occurred in conjunction with other strikes that year in Tennessee and Gastonia\, North Carolina during a period of fighting over unionization. This episode has been somewhat forgotten in local and Appalachian history and many misconceptions have persisted about its causes and actors. Join us for this virtual program where we will explore the history and memory of this event. \nAbout the Presenter: \nFirst generation college graduate Megan Stevens focused her academic career on researching a relatively dark and unknown aspect of her small hometown’s past. Nestled in the foothills of Southern Appalachia\, Marion\, NC played host to one of the bloodiest mill strikes of the day. Stevens’ B.A. and M.A. degrees\, both from UNC-Charlotte\, centered on the causes\, strike and ensuing fallout as well as how it affects the region today. She was awarded the Kings Mountain Southern History Scholarship for her work\, and is a member of several history organizations. \nStevens currently works in her hometown with the Marion Business Association as the events and small business outreach coordinator and teaches as an adjunct History Professor at McDowell Technical Community College. \nMegan Stevens \nTickets: Free for WNCHA members/ $5 for General Admission. We also have no-cost\, community-funded tickets available. We want our events to be accessible to as many people as possible. If you are able please consider making a donation along with your ticket purchase. These donations are placed in our Community Fund\, which allows us to offer tickets at no cost to those who would not be able to attend otherwise. \nFor questions email Trevor Freeman at education@wnchistory.org \n(Image: Asheville Citizen\, October 4\, 1929) \n  \n  \n  \nWestern North Carolina Historical Association received an American Rescue Plan Humanities Grant from North Carolina Humanities\, www.nchumanities.org. Funding for this grant was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act economic stabilization plan. Any views\, findings\, conclusions\, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of North Carolina Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities. URL:https://wnchistory.org/event/wncha-lectures-the-marion-mill-massacre-in-memory/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wnchistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Cover-Image-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Western%20North%20Carolina%20Historical%20Association%20%28WNCHA%29":MAILTO:smh@wnchistory.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR