In Th is Issue Th e Winter 2010 issue of Th e Palace celebrates the 1710 founding of New Bern and ThePalace its 300th anniversary. Native Americans had inhabited eastern for centuries when Europeans began moving into the area in the late 1600s. But it was A Publication of the the Swiss and German colonists’ arrival in 1710, led by Christopher de Graff enried, Council of Friends that established the name we know today – New Bern. VOLUME 10 NUMBER 2 WINTER 2010 Publisher: Karen O’Connell On the Cover Editors: Cheryl Kite, Karen O’Connell On the cover is the design created for New Bern’s year-long 300th anniversary Contributors: William Ash, celebration. It can be seen all around town in all kinds of forms and in Meghan Bishop, Paul Brown, promotional material far and wide. It represents some of the key attributes that Fran Campbell, Nancy Gray, Cheryl Kite, gave New Bern a compelling place in history and make it an intriguing place to Nelson McDaniel, Karen O’Connell, Nancy Packer live or visit. Photographers: William Ash, op left - Th T e rivers Neuse and Trent have always been pivotal to New Bern’s Nancy Hawley, Cheryl Kite identity – fi rst as the main paths of travel and transportation for Native Americans Graphic Artist: Christine Farver, and the site of the native Chatouka village at their confl uence, then as a means of Inspired Publishing transporting naval stores goods and other commerce into and out of the port, then as an important resource for the boat-building industry, and today as a source of Tryon Pal ace Council of F riends Boar d of Dir ect ors: beauty and pleasure for all who visit or make their home in the area. President: Patricia Naumann Top right – Because of New Bern’s central location in the early colony and Vice President: Nancy Freemon its cultural character, Governor located his Palace and the seat Sallie Baxter of government in New Bern on the shore of the Trent River. Destroyed by fi re Anne Bradford in 1798, the Palace restored opened to the public in 1959 and today serves as a Carson Brice history education center, a magnet for heritage tourism, a boon to eastern North Dr. Jeff rey Crow, ex offi cio Carolina’s economy, and a prime identifi er for New Bern. Dr. Frank L. Eagles Bottom left – Making their presence known all over New Bern, bears enjoy Judge John Patrick Exum the spotlight as a symbol of its mother city. Prevalent also in Bern, Switzerland Dr. Sam Gilmore Carole Beasley Kemp are sculptures and statues of bears in addition to live bears in its bear pit near the Bob Mattocks, ex offi cio Nydeck Bridge. According to Swiss tradition, Berthold V of Zähringen named Tom Norris Bern after the fi rst animal killed during a hunt when the city was founded in 1191. Karen O’Connell, ex offi cio “Bären” is the German plural form of “bear.” Whatever the real connection of the Mary Parrish words “bear” and “Bern,” the fi gure of a bear occurs in the oldest known city seal Cece Scott (1224), and living bears have been kept in Bern since 1513. Mary Silver Bottom right – New Bern’s clock tower on its city hall is an almost surreal Karen Skipper emblem of the mother city. But for the reminder of 21st century eastern North Jennifer Stallings Carolina, one can view the tower and be transported to a Bern, Switzerland street Torrey Stroud Alice Tolson scene via the architecture and the symbol of the world-famous Swiss craftsmanship. Karen Webb Helen White Kay P. Williams, ex offi cio Contents Robert Zaytoun Bern to New Bern ...... 3 Th e Palace is published four times a year 300th Calendar ...... 4, 5 by the Tryon Palace Council of Friends Welcome Nancy Packer ...... 6 to provide information about and build James Hassell: Merchant, Councilman, Patriot ...... 6 support for Tryon Palace Historic Sites NCHEC: From Vision to Reality ...... 7 & Gardens. We welcome your comments Palace Calendar ...... 8, 9 and suggestions. Send correspondence to Karen O’Connell, Th e Palace, P.O. Box Many Stories, One History ...... 10, 11 1007, New Bern, NC 28563. E-mail: Remembering Our Swiss and German Beginnings ...... 13 [email protected]. Fax: 252- Volunteer Honor Roll 2009...... 14 514-4876. News of Our Friends ...... 15 For more information about Tryon New in the Shops ...... Back Cover Palace Historic Sites & Gardens, click on our website at www.tryonpalace.org or call 252-514-4900, 800-767-1560. Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens Welcome new Maintenance Mechanic Danny Rouse. is a part of the North Carolina Depart- We’re glad to have you! ment of Cultural Resources, Linda Carlisle, Secretary. www.ncculture.com.

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Cert no. SW-COC-001530 New Bern ’s 300th Anniv ersar y Bern to New Bern By Nelson McDaniel, Chair, New Bern 300th Committee Confederate artillery response at both noon and 7:30 p.m. that Th e year 2010 brings cause for true excitement as New day. Not surprisingly, the Union will, once again, be successful. Bern celebrates 300 years of contribution to the history of A wonderful Juneteenth celebration will commemorate the North Carolina and the nation. Many local organizations have arrival of the news of freedom in the Emancipation Proclamation. assumed important leadership roles as we seek to recognize a High point of that weekend will include a choral concert that will wonderful past through hundreds of events. In addition, a 300th introduce a new composition of William Henry Curry, as well as Committee, appointed by the City Aldermen , has planned a a Heritage Ball and Family Reunion. number of City and County sponsored events that engage and Traditional July 4th activities, many of which occur at Tryon showcase the civic enthusiasm that has always made New Bern a Palace, will be enhanced by special recognition of patriots like special place. Richard Dobbs Spaight, John Wright Stanly, and Abner Nash While a complete list of events may be viewed at www. among others. Of course, all is not about remembering history; newbern300th.com, there is room here to highlight a few. it’s also about making it. As part of our Independence Day Building on the momentum of our fi rst First Night, early events festivities, local restaurateur, Tommy Moore, will create the have been well received. In reality, our fi rst event occurred far world’s largest barbecue bun, setting a Guinness record and from New Bern in old Bern, where the citizens of our mother feeding many. city have honored this 300th occasion with a wonderful exhibit Signature events are planned for September 16-19, our Jubilee. that opened at the Bern History Museum on December 3, 2009. A reenactment of the Bayard versus Singleton proceeding, A number of travelers, on a special trip organized by the Tryon precedent for Marbury versus Madison will begin the weekend’s Palace Council of Friends, were welcomed warmly at this opening activities on Th ursday . Th at evening, the BernNewBern exhibit, where old friendships were renewed and new ones begun. transported from Bern, will open at the new North Carolina For those people with a special interest in the Civil War, History Education Center at Tryon Palace. Friday will bring the weekend of May 7-9 should not be missed. A national the rededication of the restored and enhanced Federal Court symposium of the U.S. Colored Troops will provide special Building, Jubilee Opening Ceremonies, and a concert by the programs aff ording the opportunity to learn about New Bern’s North Carolina Symphony featuring the premiere of a new special contributions to this story. On Saturday of that weekend, symphonic composition in tribute to our history. Th e evening re-enactors will bring to life the March 1862 bombardment and will also feature fi reworks and a North Carolina Symphony occupation, all accompanied by the period music of the Federal Gala. Saturday will bring a remarkable heritage parade, a cultural City Brass Band. Union ships fi ring towards shore will encounter festival, a street concert, fl otilla and Jubilee Ball. On Sunday morning, there will be pancakes in the park, heritage religious services, followed by early afternoon bell ringing and closing ceremonies. Th ere is so much more, including events to celebrate all who have worked to achieve Liberty and Justice for All and tributes to our special relationship with the military. Th e opening of the North Carolina History Education Center at Tryon Palace will, in itself, be reason for a grand celebration. New Bern in 2010 will be a very special place to be. We are proud of the history of our state and look forward to sharing it with many. As William Gaston invoked, let your heart come swell with gladness. Join in the fun. ______Nelson McDaniel is a New Bern native who taught at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia for nearly three decades, and also served as Director of Development for Camp Sea Gull and Camp Seafarer, in Pamlico County, near New Bern. He is President of the New Bern Historical Society. Almost every year, Nelson leads a group of Council of Friends members on European tours. In December 2009, he organized and led a group of 35 travelers Nelson enjoying lunch in Strasbourg, France with fellow travelers to Switzerland and Germany in celebration of New Bern’s 300th on the Switzerland Germany trip, December 2009. anniversary.

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FEBRUARY – New Bern - Craven Public Library 30 - 5/1 - 5th Annual Jazz & Blues 3, 24 - Winter Wednesday Workshops – 20 - Notable New Bernians in the Garden Festival – New Bern Riverfront Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens of “Athens” - Tryon Palace Visitor Center Convention Center 4 - Trip to Bern – 30 minute documentary 21 - African American Historic MAY Downtown Tour – leaves from Tryon on the trip to Bern and the Palatine, 1 - Duff est – Duff yfi eld Palace Visitor Center UNC-TV, 9:30 p.m. 2 - Let’s All Bunt - Bunt Making – Tryon 27 - New Bern History Bowl – Orringer 6 - Reading Fun Day – New Bern Mall Palace Historic Sites & Gardens Auditorium, Craven Community College 11 - “Artful” Bowls - 300 Bowls for 300 5- 6/26 - Regional Juried Art Show – 27 - Celebration of Female African Years – Temple Baptist Church Bank of the Arts American Authors – Charlotte S. Rhone 12-14 - Antique Show – New Bern 6 - From New Bern to a New Birth of Cultural Center Riverfront Convention Center Freedom – Tryon Palace Visitor Center 27 - Civil War Adventure Day – New 13 - Let’s All Bunt - Bunt Making – Tryon 7-8 - Remembering the War: 1861 – 1865 Bern Historical Society for information Palace Historic Sites & Gardens - Civil War Symposium: U.S. Colored 13 - Winter into Spring – Tryon Palace APRIL Troops Bombardment and Occupation Visitor Center 2-28 - New Bern Stories – Bank of the 8 - Southern Gentlemen Barbershop 17 - North Carolina Symphony – New Arts Chorus 18th Annual Show – Grover C. Bern Riverfront Convention Center 9-11 - Garden Lovers’ Weekend – Tryon Fields Performing Arts Center 18 - Liberty and Justice for All: Black Palace Historic Sites & Gardens 8-9 - A Union City in the Midst of the Voices from the Past – Tryon Palace 9-10 - Heritage Plant Sale – Tryon Palace Confederacy – New Bern Academy Visitor Center Historic Sites & Gardens 14 - ArtWalk Downtown New Bern 20 - Crowns: A Workshop for Kids – 9-10 - Spring Historic Homes and 14-15 - 3rd Annual New Bern Literary Craven Arts Council - Th Gardens Tour – Downtown New Bern Symposium 20-22 e Palace by George – Tryon 10 - Street Fair /A Look at Old Riverside 15 - Grand National Antique Automobile Palace Historic Sites & Gardens – Historic Riverside District Show – Downtown New Bern 21 - African American Read In – New 11-17 - National Library Week 15 - Garden Lecture: “Palms for North Bern – Craven Public Library 15 - African American Lecture Series– Carolina” – Tryon Palace Visitor Center 27 - New Bern History Bowl – Orringer “New Bern and the Role of Freemen” 16 - African American Historic Auditorium, Craven Community College Dr/Attorney Ann McColl – Tryon Downtown Walking Tour – leaves from MARCH Palace Visitor Center Tryon Palace Visitor Center 6 - Share the Journey: Welcoming 17 - Festival of Fun – Union Point Park 16 - North Carolina Symphony – New Refugees to New Bern – Garber United 17-18 - Craven Community Chorus Bern Riverfront Convention Center - Th - Th Methodist Church 17-19 e Coming of the Palatines – 21 e Palatines: Profi les in Courage – 6 - Notable New Bernians: Documenting Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens New Bern – Craven Public Library New Bern’s Founding Families – Tryon 18 - African American Historic 22 - Genealogical Workshop – New Bern Palace Visitor Center Downtown Walking Tour - start at the – Craven Public Library - Th 9-27 - National Youth Art Month – Bank Tryon Palace Visitor Center 22 e New Bern Bear Birthday Party! of the Arts 19-23 - Earth Week - “300 Years of - Attmore-Oliver House - Th 12 - Art Walk – downtown New Bern Protecting the Earth” 28-29 e New Bernian Weekend of 13-15 - A Union City in the Midst of 23 - Fiddlefest - A Tribute to Irvin T. Activities: Reunion of J. T. Barber alumni - Th all – Th a Confederacy: New Bern Occupied - Rouse – New Bern Farmers’ Market 29 e New Bernian B e Flame Tryon Palace Visitor Center 23 - 10th Annual Banquet Honoring banquet center . – Th 14 - Th e Middle Street St. Patrick’s Day Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr e Flame 29 - New Bern History Bowl – Orringer Parade and Festival Banquet Center Auditorium, Craven Community College 16 - Taste of Coastal Carolina at New 24 - New Bern History Bowl – Orringer 29 - Neuse River Day – Union Point Park - Th Bern – Neuse River Keeper Foundation Auditorium, Craven Community College 30 e New Bernian Weekend of for information 24 - Opening Night on the Red Carpet - Activities: Church Service and Cookout ern Civic Th 18 - African American Lecture Series – New B eatre presents “1776” JUNE 25 - North Carolina Symphony – New “A Southern Woman Confronts African 10 - African American Lecture Series: Bern Riverfront Convention Center Americans in Civil War North Carolina” – Celebrating Juneteenth - by Dr. Zachary 25 - Hymnfest: Faith Music of the Settlers Dr. and Mrs. Jeff rey Crow and Mrs. Mary R. Williams - Centenary United Methodist Church Barden - Tryon Palace Visitor Center 12 - 10th Anniversary of African 28 - Bernese Classical Pianist in Concert 19-21 - Friends of the Library Book Sale American Service to Community

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18 - Juneteenth Choral Festival of the African American Experience in New Opening of the Bern/New Bern Exhibit African-American Music – Temple Baptist Bern, NC - Linda Henry Simmons – North Carolina History Education Church 19-22 - Carolinian Shakespeare Festival Center 19 - Juneteenth Heritage Ball presents “As You Like It” – New Bern Offi cial Welcome Ceremony 20 - Juneteenth Homecoming Picnic and Civic Th eater Activities throughout downtown area Family Gathering – Union Point Park 20 - 9/29 - Robert Hennon and Rich Family Picnic 26 - New Bern History Bowl – Orringer Daniels Exhibition - Bank of the Arts NC Symphony – South Lawn, Tryon Auditorium, Craven Community College 25 - New Bern the Revolutionary Town: Palace Historic Sites & Gardens JULY First Provincial Congress – Tryon Palace Fireworks – South Lawn, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens Historic Sites & Gardens 2-4 - New Bern the Revolutionary Town: 27-28 - Fine Art and Wine Festival - Heritage Parade - Park to Park Independence Tours - Tryon Palace 28 - New Bern History Bowl – Orringer Cultural Street Festival Historic Sites & Gardens Auditorium, Craven Community College Flotilla 4 - New Bern the Revolutionary Town: Street Concerts Let’s Celebrate July 4, 1977 – Tryon SEPTEMBER - Jubilation Ball Palace Historic Sites & Gardens 6 - Stanley-Spaight Duel Reenactment – Pancakes in the Park 4 - Th e Road to Independence – Tryon New Bern Academy Synchronized Church Bells Palace Historic Sites & Gardens 9 - African American Lecture Series: Closing Ceremony 2-5 - West Street / J.T. Barber Combined Movers and Shakers in the African 19 - African American Historic Classes Reunion American Community - Past and Present Downtown Walking Tour – meet at 4 - World’s Largest Barbeque Bun Event – – Tryon Palace Visitor Center Tryon Palace Visitor Center Union Point Park 10 - ArtWalk Downtown New Bern 25 - New Bern History Bowl – Orringer 6 - 8/14 - Mitch Lewis and Joyce Stratton 10-12 - Bike MS: Historic New Bern Auditorium, Craven Community Exhibition – Bank of the Arts Ride 9 - ArtWalk Downtown New Bern 16 - Making a State and a Nation: Let’s 10 - New Bern Literary Read-In and Hear it for the Constitution – Tryon Th e remainder of the 300th calendar Book Fair – Tryon Palace Visitor Center Palace Historic Sites & Gardens and a full description of 300th events Auditorium 16-19 - 300th Jubilee Weekend: can be found at 12-30 - Summer Arts Camp – J. T. Barber Dedication of Federal Courthouse http://newbern300.com/calendar.php. Elementary School Reenactment of Bayard v. Singleton 15 - African American Lecture Series - Celebrating Freedom: Emancipation Day Ceremony in North Carolina - Dr. John Haley 18 - African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour – leaves from Tryon Palace Visitor Center 19-23 - Fife and Drum Recruit Camp – Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens AUGUST 5-9 - Carolinian Shakespeare Festival presents “As You Like It” – New Bern Civic Th eater 6 - Notable New Bernians: A Focus on Miss Gertrude Carraway - Tryon Palace Visitor Center 12-15 - Carolinian Shakespeare Festival presents “As You Like It” 15 - African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour – leaves from Tryon Palace Visitor Center 19 - African American Lecture Series - From the BernNewBern exhibit, currently in Bern, Switzerland, de Graff enried bows Voices Between Two Rivers: A History of before Queen Ann of Great Britain.

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Welcome Nancy Packer Nancy Packer brings arts and period rooms, ca. 1620-1870, assembled by Houston a long-standing interest collector and philanthropist Ima Hogg. While at Bayou in the decorative arts Bend, Nancy also curated a major exhibition drawn from the and material culture of collection – Th e Voyage of Life – based on the theme of life early America to her stages in early America. position at Tryon Palace. Nancy left Bayou Bend to pursue her doctorate in History As an undergraduate of American Civilization at the University of Delaware, and is in art history at the in the fi nal stages of completing her dissertation on American College of William and travelers in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Mary, she studied the As a doctoral candidate, she served as adjunct faculty at the arts and architecture of University of Delaware and Chestnut Hill College, teaching early Virginia with the courses in early American history and American decorative curators of Colonial arts, and continued to pursue museum work on a part-time Williamsburg. Following basis. In 1999, Nancy became curator of Th e Design Center a year of graduate work at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York at University – a collection of 200,000 historic University, she received a fellowship in the Winterthur Program textiles, garments, and accessories, from the 1st century A.D. in Early American Culture at the University of Delaware, where to the present. At Th e Design Center, she co-founded Th e she completed her master’s thesis on the importation of English Fabric of Philadelphia, an interpretive initiative to capture and furniture to Virginia in the eighteenth century. communicate the stories of Philadelphia’s textile heritage, and In 1986 Nancy joined the Association for the Preservation of curated numerous exhibitions drawn from the collection. Most Virginia Antiquities or APVA (now Preservation Virginia) as recently, she co-curated Lace in Translation, which features Curator of Collections, where she was responsible for a large newly-commissioned works by three internationally-renowned collection of English and American decorative arts installed at designers and artists inspired by the Center’s collection of twenty-two historic sites statewide, including Bacon’s Castle early 20th-century, Philadelphia, machine-made lace. Nancy in County, the John Marshall House in Richmond, authored the scholarly essay for the Lace in Translation and Jamestown Island. In 1989, Nancy curated the APVA’s catalogue, which will be published this spring. centennial exhibition and authored the accompanying “I’m thrilled to be working once again with my ‘true love’ – catalogue, White Gloves and Red Bricks, and later attended early American and English decorative arts – and particularly the Attingham Summer School for the Study of the British with a collection that is as extraordinary as this one. And to Country House. have the opportunity to participate at such an exciting moment In 1990, Nancy moved to Texas to become the fi rst in the institution’s history, with the opening of the North Education Director of the Bayou Bend Collection at the Carolina History Education Center, is a genuine honor.” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. At Bayou Bend, Nancy was ______responsible for developing educational programming based Nancy Packer began her position as Curator of Collections on on the nationally-known collection of American decorative January 15.

James Hasell: Merchant, Royal Councilman, Patriot Sympathizer By Meghan Bishop parents moved to another part of the city and, presumably, a When John Lawson, soon joined by Baron de Graff enried, larger house, which quickly fi lled; Andriana Hasell gave birth surveyed a neck of land between the Neuse and Trent Rivers, to fi ve more children over the next six years. he epitomized the social opportunities of the new world. His As grew up at the start of eighteenth century, work and association with de Graff enried—resulting in the Bristol was one of ’s largest shipping ports, second only birth of New Bern in 1710—juxtaposed a European nobleman to . Th e city’s economy revolved around shipbuilding, with an English commoner. As with Lawson, the upward social shipping, and trade—mainly in the triangular slave trade with mobility of colonial North Carolina off ered opportunities to Africa and the Caribbean. Ships left Bristol loaded with trade many of its early residents, including an Englishman named goods for the African coast, where they loaded a cargo of slaves, James Hasell. and then sailed for the Caribbean or American colonies. After James Hasell was born in Bristol, England in 1699 to James selling the slaves, ships took on a new cargo of sugar, rum, Hasell and his wife Andriana. Within a year of his birth, his continued on page 12

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NCHEC: From Vision to Reality Ten years ago, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens was envisioning its next era with the creation of the North Carolina History Education Center. A new state-of-the-art visitor center and museum would cost tens of millions, and the Making History Capital Campaign was born. Today, the vision is all but a complete reality. Th e Center is scheduled to open in Summer 2010, and $2.5 million is left to raise toward the campaign’s $60.6 million goal. We invite you to be a part of these history-making days, with a contribution to the campaign. On the left, the Cannon Gateway exit, where visitors will depart for tours. On the right, Supporters have taken advantage of a entry into the west wing, where visitors will return after touring the site. Th e west wing variety of ways to give, and some have contains the Pepsi Family Center and Regional History Museum on the fi rst fl oor, and helped create their own unique gift. administrative offi ces and conference rooms on the second fl oor. Kids Campaign adults!) can experience life in 1835; the At the heart of North Carolina’s Regional History Museum will tell the history is its colonial capitol, Tryon story of eastern North Carolina from Palace. Since being restored in 1959, the days of the Native Americans into the Palace has been the foundation of the 20th century. an institution committed to teaching To ensure that school children are history. Decades of school children actively involved in the completion have benefi ted from the Palace’s and start up of the Center, the Kids outreach to students who today make Campaign Committee was created in up approximately 40% of all visitors Fall 2009. Th e Committee - composed to the Palace. With this mission and of William T. (Bill) Fuller, Brinson students in mind, the N.C. History Memorial Elementary School NBCT in Education Center is being built: grade four; Cille Griffi th, Th e Epiphany Looking toward the mid-way entrance into the Pepsi Family Center will be an School middle school teacher; and the Cullman Performance Hall, showing ris- interactive village where children (and Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens ers being built for the back section of seats. staff , Rebecca Reimer Arthur, Curator Have a Seat of Education, and Cheryl Arthur Kite, Director of Development – is working Th e 200-seat Cullman Performance to establish state-wide involvement. Hall provides an aff ordable way to During the 2010 spring and fall semester, become a part of the Center – as a N.C. elementary schools, and especially personal gift, a tribute or a memorial. their fourth grades, will be informed about Each seat is $1,000, and your choice of the Center and invited to plan a visit during a short inscription will be attached to the first months. Creating ownership by the seat(s) you choose. today’s students will further their education Gift of a Lifetime Kids Campaign Committee Members: and build audiences for the future. You may fi nd that gift of securities Rebecca Arthur, Bill Fuller, Cille Griffi th or an estate gift would work best for More images and information about . Th you and your family e development For information about the capital the N.C. History Education Center offi ce will be glad to work with you campaign, the N.C. History may be seen at www.tryonpalace.org. to include Tryon Palace Historic Sites Education Center or ways to give, & Gardens in your will, establish a please contact Cheryl Kite, 252- charitable remainder trust, or make a 514-4956 or [email protected]. gift of securities.

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Auditorium Time: TBA. Cost: TBA Dr. Watson will introduce us to a Black Civil War Weekend focusing on the Battle February History Play entitled Black Voices from the of New Bern. Visit Union-occupied houses, Tuesday, February 2 Past performed by at least three Th espian interact with interpreters and living history members. Th e play will depict various programs. Craft activities for children. Friends Movie Series: Heidi scenes that trace African and African 7:00 p.m., Tryon Palace Visitor Center Th American historical events from our past. ursday, March 18 FREE African American Lecture Scenes will be tied together by music and Guest Speakers: Dr. Jeff Crow, Terrell dance. Th ere will also be some poetry Saturday, February 6 Armistead Crow and Mary Barden Bate Free Day: “Building New Bern” recitations to highlight the importance of “A Southern Woman Confronts 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. FREE. Sponsored African American creativity and resilience. African American Civil War in North by Th e Harold H. Bate Foundation Carolina” Visitor Center Auditorium Saturday-Monday, 7:00 p.m. FREE. Visitor Center Come enjoy all that Tryon Palace has to February 20-22 Th Auditorium off er free of charge! Tour our lovely gardens e Palace by George In this panel discussion the speakers will and the fi rst fl oors of our historic buildings. Time: TBA. Cost: TBA, Discounted focus on three topics relating to African Join in on hands-on crafts, games, and admission will be off ered to visitors with Americans during the Civil War and activities for the whole family. “George” related names (Visitors must show valid ID) Reconstruction. Saturday, February 13 Weekend focused on ’s • Dr. Crow will highlight “A Spelling Let’s All Bunt southern tour in 1791. Th e dancing Book in One Hand and a Musket in 1:00 p.m. FREE. Visitor Center assembly held in his honor will be the other: African Americans in Civil Auditorium interpreted, as well as assorted Washington- War North Carolina”; “No offi cer in this Special program on New Bern style bunting related artifacts. In addition, themes of new regiment now doubts that the key to the followed by a hands-on workshop on statehood and patriotism will be examined successful prosecution of this was lies in the constructing your own bunting. in programming and activities. unlimited employment of black troops. Th eir superiority lies simply in the fact that they Saturday, February 13 know the country, while white troops do not, Garden Lecture and, moreover, that they have peculiarities Speaker: Pam Beck of temperament, position, and motive which “Winter into Spring” March belong to them alone. Instead of leaving Th Spring Garden Hours 10:00 a.m. FREE. Sponsored by e their homes and families to fi ght, they are March 1-May 31, Gardens open until Harold H. Bate Foundation. Visitor fi ghting for their homes and families, and 6:00 p.m. Center Auditorium they show the resolution and sagacity which Last ticket sold at 4:30 p.m. As the days warm and lengthen during a personal purpose gives...” Excerpt from spring, drab winter landscapes give way to February 1, 1863. the riot of spring bulbs, awakening grassy Tuesday, March 2 Friends Movie Series: UNC-TV Terrell Crow’s topic is “Mary Bayard lawns, beloved small decorative trees, and Documentary on the trip to Bern and Clarke’s ‘Betsey Bittersweet’ Articles blooming shrubs. New shades of green, white, the Palatine 1867-1868: A Conservative Response to purple, pink and gold burst onto the scene 7:00 p.m. Tryon Palace Visitor Center Reconstruction”. Mary Bayard Clarke’s dens. Th in our gar is is a time of transition Louisiana house is still standing in New we anxiously anticipate all winter long, Saturday, March 6 Bern. Mr. Crow, along with Mary especially after attending this slide lecture. Discovering Notable New Bernians Barden, edited the Clarke papers that Th Time: TBA. FREE. Location: TBA were published by the University of South ursday, February 18 Bring your mysterious photographs from African American Lecture Carolina Press in 2003. the past to be identifi ed by a panel of older Guest Speaker: Reginald Watson, Mary Barden’s topic is “Mary Bayard citizens and local historians. ke: Th ”. Th Ph.D., Associate Professor of English at Clar e New Bern Years e subject East Carolina University Saturday-Monday, is (Mary Bayard’s husband) William J. “Liberty & Justice for All: Black Voices Clarke’s participation in the Kirk-Holden March 13-15 War (1870) or his training of George from the Past” A Union City in the Midst of the Henry White in law in the late 1870s. 7:00 p.m. FREE. Visitor Center Confederacy: New Bern Occupied

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Saturday, March 20 Historic Homes & Gardens Tour, which of key political fi gures and events with Garden Lecture is sponsored by the New Bern Historical legal analysis to create an engaging and Speakers: Rebecca Reimer Arthur & Society and the New Bern Preservation informative presentation. Lisa Wimpfheimer Foundation. (A separate ticket is required Saturday-Monday, “Notable New Bernians in the Garden for the historic homes tour. Please call (252) of Athens” 638-8558 for more information.) April17-19 Settlers in the New World: Th e Coming 10:00 a.m. FREE. Sponsored by Th e Admission to the following events is free of the Palatines Harold H. Bate Foundation. Visitor unless otherwise indicated. Center Auditorium • Heritage Plant Sale: Friday and Time: TBA. Cost: TBA Th is weekend will be focused toward Tryon Palace staff Rebecca Reimer Saturday on the Palace grounds. the Palatine settlers of North Carolina Arthur, Curator of Education, and Lisa Featuring perennials, herbs, annuals, (and New Bern in particular). Lectures Wimpfheimer, Curator of Gardens, will trees, and shrubs grown in our throughout the weekend, focusing on these present a special program to introduce you greenhouse, the sale also off ers the public early settlers, informational talks about to New Bern gardeners Amaryllis Sitgreaves a chance to own unique, rare, and historic the legacy of the German Palatines in the and Lavinia Cole Roberts and botanist plants. Master gardeners will be on hand Unites States. Craft activities and program Hardy Bryan Croom. Learn how their to answer your planting questions. Come for children will be included. letters and lists impact what we know about early for the best selection! Sale hours are gardens in the early days of New Bern. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. both days. Sunday, April 18 • Program of music in the gardens - African American Historic Downtown Sunday, March 21 Saturday and Sunday African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour Walking Tour Th ursday, April 15 2:00 p.m. $4 per adult, $2 per student. 2:00 p.m. $4 per adult, $2 per student African American Lecture Leaves from Visitor Center Lobby Learn about 300 years of African Leaves from Visitor Center Lobby Guest Speaker: Ann McColl, Attorney American history on a walking tour of Learn about 300 years of African and Associate Professor of Educational historic district. Th American history on a walking tour of Leadership at UNC-Charlotte New Bern’s is tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and covers 16 New Bern’s historic district. Th is tour lasts “New Bern, and the Role of Freemen” blocks. Reservations required: 252-514- approximately 90 minutes and covers 16 7:00 p.m. FREE. Visitor Center 4935. (Minimum Enrollment: 10) blocks. Reservations required: 252-514- Auditorium 4935. (Minimum Enrollment: 10) For most NC students prior to the Civil Tuesday, April 20 War, education was only available a few English-Speaking Union Presentation weeks or a month to white children only, Dr. Christopher Mulvey if at all. Families often paid for schooling “Th e English Language in Virginia April since public schools had limited geographic and the Carolinas: An English Project reach. Only white male property owners Presentation” Tuesday, April 6 could vote or hold offi ce. In a multimedia 7:00 p.m. FREE. Visitor Center eries: Th Friends Movie S e Student presentation, UNC-Charlotte Professor Auditorium Prince Ann McColl will review the oft-overlooked Dr. Mulvey is Emeritus Professor of 7:00 p.m. Tryon Palace Visitor Center facts leading to the creation of the new English at the University of Winchester. FREE constitution; facts show that carpetbaggers He has written numerous articles and led in securing the constitutional right to his books include Anglo –American Friday-Sunday, April 9-11 universal male suff rage and education, Garden Lover’s Weekend – New Bern Landscapes, Transatlantic Manners, and free black men and newly freed male Celebrates 300 Years of Gardens and Black Liberation in the Americans. slaves set the agenda for the public school Gardens open 9a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and He is presently working on a history of system. McColl highlights the evolution Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. American transportation and culture. He of the state’s public education system. She FREE. Garden Admission, Interior tours is Managing Editor of the Winchester weaves biography, law and history into a require the purchase of a ticket. University Press, and he is a trustee of the rich, insightful narrative using historical Visitors will see the splendor of thousands English Project, a registered charity that documents, photos and maps to bring of tulips in bloom. Garden Lover’s Weekend aims to open a permanent English Language the full meaning of North Carolina’s is held in conjunction with the Spring Exhibition in Winchester in 2012. constitution to life. She combines stories

Pr ograms subject t o change Winter 2010 ThePalace 9 At the Many Stories, O New Bern has a unique African American history. As far back Th e African American Lecture Series has been an as the 18th century, New Bern’s enslaved and free blacks were ongoing staple of “Many Stories” programming for cooks, blacksmiths, tailors, builders and craftsmen. Th e bustling several years. Th e Series presents speakers and programs port was home to thousands of slaves. By the early 1800s, New throughout the year that highlight the role of African Bern had a distinguished free black community, and early in the Americans from the colonial era until today. Topics Civil War many of the slaves had freed themselves. Th e large include historic facts, that give insight into the eff ects of African American population in New Bern has had a positive slavery on African Americans and the American culture, political, economic and cultural infl uence spanning 300 years. that feature the lives of African American leaders who John Carruthers Stanly, acknowledged as the African helped shape North Carolina and the United States, and American son of John Wright Stanly (1), was the son of an that speak to civil rights matters of the past and today. enslaved African woman of the Ebo tribe. John Carruthers Th e 2010 series began in January with Dr. Freddie Parker married Kitty Green, grand daughter of Amelia Green a former speaking on “Th e Law Is Too Slow: Lynching in North slave who worked as a spinner to earn her freedom and the Carolina, 1885-1906”. freedom of her children. John and Kitty Stanly played a February 18, 2010 - Dr. Reginald Watson, East major role in New Bern’s early 19th century history. After John Carolina University, “Liberty and Justice For All”, a Black Carruthers Stanly was freed and became a barber, he bought his History Play entitled “Black Voices from the Past” children and his wife’s freedom out of slavery. Kitty Stanly was March 18, 2010 - Dr. Jeff rey Crow, N.C. Department a founding member of one of New Bern’s foremost religious of Cultural Resources Deputy Secretary for Archives organizations, the historic First Presbyterian Church. and History, Terrell Crow & Mary Barden in a panel To tell the rich African American history in eastern North discussion: “A Southern Woman Confronts; African Carolina, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens created the American Civil War in North Carolina” African American Advisory Committee in 1999. Th e Palace April 15, 2010 - Dr. Ann McColl, attorney and then adopted an inclusive philosophy and entitled it “Many associate professor of educational leadership, UNC- Stories, One History”. Th e committee’s role has been to oversee Charlotte, “New Bern, and the Role of Freemen” “Many Stories”, research on African American topics, advise on May 6, 2010 - Harold (Hari) Jones, Washington DC, accurate interpretation in programming, and help make sure “From New Bern to a New Birth of Freedom” its inclusion crosses all of the organization’s programming and June 10, 2010 - Dr. Zachary R. Williams, Associate administration. Early grants for the program came from the Z. Professor, Department of Pan-Africa Studies, University of Smith Reynolds Foundation and the Kellenberger Historical Wisconsin - Milwaukee, “We’ve Come Th is Far By Faith” Foundation, and a more recent generous grant of $250,000 July 10, 2010 - “New Bern Literary Book Read and was awarded from Th e Wachovia Foundation – all to help Book Fair” underwrite extensive research of 18th and 19th century African July 15, 2010 - Dr. John Haley, UNC-Wilmington American residents, customs and skills. Program support has Professor Emeritus, “Celebrating Freedom: Emancipation been provided annually by Th e Harold H. Bate Foundation of Day Ceremonies in North Carolina New Bern. August 19, 2010 - Linda Henry-Simmons, Director of Library Services, St. Augustine College, Raleigh, NC, “Voices Between Two Rivers: A History of the African American Experience in New Bern, North Carolina” September 9, 2010 - Panel Discussion of Dedication, Commitment, Role Modeling and Encouragement: Movers & Shakers in the African American Community October 21, 2010 - Michelle Lanier, “Emancipation Communities” November 18, 2010 - Irene Smalls, author, storyteller and historian, graduate of Cornell and New York University, “Is Lady Jonkonnu” December 11/18, 2010 – Tryon Palace Candlelights, Jonkonnu 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm African American Advisory Committee: Bottom – Sharon Bryant, Rebecca Arthur, Freddie Parker, Catherine Bishir, David Dennard. Top – Jeff Crow, John Haley, Bernard George.

10 ThePalace Winter 2010 Pal ac e s, One History Th e current signifi cant African American research project is employing Catherine Bishir to research and produce a publication on the African American artisans in colonial eastern North Carolina.(2) Ms. Bishir is Curator in Architectural Collections at N. C. State University Libraries, and previously served with the N.C. State Historic Preservation Offi ce and with Preservation North Carolina. She has received numerous honors and awards for her work including her 2008 book, Southern Built, and she is the author of books and articles on North Carolina architectural topics. Previous research launched the Palace’s well-known and much-loved Jonkonnu troupe. Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens has been a leader among historic sites and practices in bringing Jonkonnu into standard historic interpretation. Th e authentically-costumed Jonkonnu troupe performs on site – and is a highlight of the annual Christmas candlelight celebrations - at area special events, museums and historic sites around the state, and at national conferences on African American issues. Jonkonnu reenacts spirited and colorful traditional dances that were brought from the Caribbean during the colonial era to eastern North Carolina, and has consulted with other groups to establish their own troupe including the Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, N.C. A regular feature of “Many Stories” is the monthly African American Historic Downtown Walking Tour, which covers 300 Th years of African American history on a walking tour of New e Jonkonnu Ragman performs at a Christmas Candlelight Bern’s historic district. Th is tour lasts approximately 90 minutes celebration. and covers 16 blocks. Reservations are required and can be made at 252-514-4935. Tryon Palace’s African American Advisory Committee is Going to Ghana chaired by Dr. Freddie Parker, Professor of History at North To celebrate New Bern’s 300th and the African Carolina Central University, author of several books on American contribution to eastern North Carolina, slavery and a member of the state’s African American Heritage the African American/Civil War Programs Sub- Commission. Other members are Dr. Sidney Barnwell, Medical Committee of the New Bern 300th Committee and Director, Craven County Health Department; Ms. Catherine the Tryon Palace Commission are collaborating on Bishir; Dr. Jeff rey Crow; Dr. David Dennard, Professor of African American History, East Carolina University; an educational and heritage pilgrimage to Ghana, Mr. Bernard George, Land & Community Development West Africa. Visiting Ghana, the home of the Ebo Administrator, City of New Bern; Dr. John Haley, Professor Tribe, is expected to shed light on its culture and its Emeritus, UNC-Wilmington; Ms. Michele Lanier, Curator members who were sold in slavery to New Bernians. of Culture, N.C. Division of State Historic Sites; Ms. Kay Th e plan is for the research to be used eventually Williams, Director, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens; to publish documentary material. Scholarships are Ms. Rebecca Reimer Arthur, Curator of Education, TPHS&G; being off ered through the generosity of donors to and Sharon Bryant, African American Outreach Coordinator, high school seniors and college students. Th e trip is TPHS&G who can be reached at 252-491-4944 or sbryant@ scheduled for November 1-9, 2010, with registration tryonpalace.org. of $3,200. Th e public is invited to participate. ______(1) Th e John Wright Stanly home is one of the major historic houses at Tryon Palace Historic For information, please contact Fern Cotton, trip Sites & Gardens. Its prominence provides an opportune setting to share John Carruthers and coordinator, at 252-638-8847 or inquire about Kitty Stanly’s stories. (2) Catherine Bishir’s work was featured in the Fall 2009 Th e Palace, “Lost and Found”. Th e “the trip to Ghana” at 252-514-4900. magazine can be accessed at www.tryonpalace.org/publications.html

Winter 2010 ThePalace 11 continued from page 6 Stanly, Barnes, Chandler, Cook, Jones, acting governor on multiple occasions, James Hasell and Nash, among others. not to mention a born Englishman, tobacco and other products intended for Hasell’s business soon made him one James Hasell naturally supported British European consumption. Between 1697, of the wealthiest men in Carolina. In interests in America with unquestioned just before the Society of Merchant 1734, his teenage step-daughter Ann loyalty to King George—or rather, Venturers of the City of Bristol opened Sampson married Edward Moseley, that is what one would have expected. trade with Africa, and 1807, when one of the most prominent men in Instead, as relations between the colonies Parliament abolished the British slave North Carolina’s early government, and and Britain became increasingly strained, trade, over two thousand slave ships Hasell bought a large parcel of land near Hasell “opposed the patriots only so far sailed out of Bristol. Th ey carried an Wilmington. He soon gained his fi rst as his offi cial duty demanded action.” estimated half million African people public offi ce—justice of the peace—and Governor Martin fl ed to the safety a into slavery. in 1749, Governor British warship in 1775, and while Not surprisingly in a city whose appointed him to his royal council—a many other loyalists followed suit by economy was based on shipping, James position Hasell would hold until the returning to England or other British Hasell’s father was a merchant. He . A decade later, provinces, James Hasell merely retired intended his son to enter the business as Hasell became president of the council to his plantation near Wilmington, a well, and as a teenager, Hasell entered under , and shortly patriotic hotbed—it was Wilmington’s an apprenticeship with a mercer, or thereafter, chief justice of the Colony of fi erce protest of the Stamp Act in the merchant. By 1724, James Hasell made North Carolina. that encouraged Governor Tryon his fi rst voyage to the West Indies and Although Hasell had no legal training, to locate the colony’s fi rst permanent established himself in Barbados, where and probably little formal instruction capital in New Bern (rather than a number of English families owned aside from his apprenticeship, he now Wilmington). Unlike Councilman prosperous plantations. Th e following found himself one of the most powerful Samuel Cornell, a staunch loyalist who year, on May 16, 1725, James married men in North Carolina. Perhaps feeling fl ed to Britain and New York during Susanna Cole Sampson, a widow with a inadequate in this area, Hasell developed the Revolution, whose property was young daughter. A year and a half later, academic interests. He began collecting seized, and who was permitted returned their son James Hasell, Jr. was born. books, eventually amassing a library to New Bern only under a white fl ag Although records are silent on the of about 420 volumes. His collection, of truce, James Hasell and his property exact nature of Hasell’s early business, one of the largest in the colony and remained unmolested until his death. considering Bristol’s wealth based containing books dating to the sixteenth Although nominally a loyalist, American on the slave market and Hasell’s century, is now in the North Carolina revolutionaries understood Hasell’s true travels, which follow the route of the State Library. Possibly wishing to provide political sentiments. triangular trade, it is likely he arrived others with educational opportunities he On June 29, 1771, when Governor in Barbados as a slave merchant. In had never enjoyed, in 1771 Hasell signed William Tryon presented James Hasell 1733, he left Barbados and established the act to create Queens College in with the Great Seal, his position as acting himself in Carolina. Th e economy Charlotte. Unfortunately, the English governor, with all its power, merely of the Carolinas and the exchange government did not agree, and when the marked a continuation of his successes rates between Barbados money versus legislation reached George III, the King and offi ces in North Carolina’s colonial Carolina money, together with a duty revoked its charter. government. Like many powerful of ₤10 per imported slave, gave Hasell Governor William Tryon left North offi cials in colonial America, Hasell considerable advantage in the industry. Carolina for his new post in New York in began life in very diff erent circumstances In 1733, Joseph and William Jeff eris, late June of 1771, and on July 1, James and climbed to prominence through the fellow Bristol merchants, fi led a legal Hasell took the oath of offi ce as Acting colony’s developing society. Freed from complaint about Hasell’s exploitation of Governor. Hasell had already served the rigid social structure of Europe, he the economy at their expense. as acting governor once before, during and other early American offi cials used Hasell’s removal from Europe to the Arthur Dobbs’ administration, and the upward mobility of colonial society West Indies to Carolina followed the would again under . After to their advantage, rising above the class pattern of many early immigrants. A Tryon’s departure, Hasell conducted standards of the old world. number of family names that later offi cial business, including dealing with ______became prominent in North Carolina the aftermath of the Regulator Rebellion, Meghan Bishop is a former historical were present fi rst in Barbados, including until Martin’s arrived on August 11. interpreter. She holds a master’s degree from Hawley, Arthur, Bell, Gibbons, Green, As president of the royal council and Indiana University.

12 ThePalace Winter 2010 News fr om our F riends Remembering Our Swiss and German Beginnings Prof. Dr. William J. Ash, President New Bern Alpenverein Th e year 2010 has arrived and with it the celebration of the founding of New Bern, N.C. by Swiss and Palatine-German settlers. Th ree hundred years of history have passed since Baron de Graff enried, John Lawson, and numerous others agreed to put down roots where the Trent and Neuse rivers converge. We an relate back to the early 1700s when settlers had to contend with angry Tuscaroras, countless mosquitoes, snakes, alligators, famine, pestilence, and factors still unknown. Th ey overcame countless obstacles to fi nd a better place in which to live. But what was it like where they came from? Was it worth their eff orts to sail the punishing Atlantic? Pictures of their homeland will help you decide, or perhaps will make you appreciate what might have been going through their minds. Pastoral scenes, Belgian-block roadway, castles, cathedrals, and Gasthaus menus of today have changed little since 1710. Many architectural delights are still A new snowfall blankets a ski village at the Schilthorn in the Swiss Alps on a standing, having been built in the eleventh and twelfth cold sunny day. centuries. It had to be very diffi cult for our Swiss and Photos courtesy of Dr. William J. Ash. German ancestors to settle on the banks of two North Carolina rivers not knowing what tomorrow would bring. But life back on the Hauptstrasse was not always pleasant. Marauding bands of not-so-nice enemies, devastating plagues, and lack of religious freedoms made for diffi cult living. As we go about our daily lives in our historic city, we should give thought to the strong men, women, and children from Switzerland and Germany who, unknowingly, made it possible for us to celebrate New Bern’s 300th anniversary. ______Dr. Ash is Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook, a Council of Friends member, and a participant in the Friends sponsored trip to Bern and the German Palatine. New Bern Alpenverein is an organization of persons interested in Germanic culture.

Entrance to the original von Graff enried Castle at Worb, A late afternoon mist settles on Bern, Switzerland, as seen from the Bern Canton Bern, Switzerland, home of Christopher de bear pit. Graff enried, New Bern’s founder.

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Th ank You Tryon Palace Honor Volunteers - 2009 300 – 500 Hours Anne Wagner 147 Glenda Trenholm 68 Rachel Kwasnick 28 Ken Sewell 404 Cason White 144 Erika Bennett 66 Dorothy Webb 28 Amy Weatherington 345 Mary Carraway 140 Ruth Dettor 65 Mike Fraessdorf 27 Lindsey Weatherington 345 Joan Fiederlein 133 Harriet Appel 65 Dottie Hansley 26 Maureen Post 132 Deshon Gibbs 61 Alicia Stern 25 200 – 299 Hours Karen Ford 125 Joseph Gawek 60 Cameron Davis 24 Allison Gulley 290 Miranda Hill 123 Barbara Rohrbach 60 Yvonne Johnston 23 Jim King 280 Janice Dooley 122 Bill Moore 60 Mindy Seamon 23 Rebecca Seeger 270 Dana Meadows 122 Mae Kaseman 60 Kristin Moffi tt 23 Rosa Weatherington 254 Michael Stephens 120 Pat Kruger 60 Naomi Fontenory 22 Herbert Burton 238 Katherine Fannin 120 Dan Kent 21 Sue Gurley 231 40 – 59 Hours Alice Bilello 20 Judy Smith 221 60 – 119 Hours Nancy Hamilton 57 Elsa Famulare 20 Barbara West 221 Frank Yeager 119 Linda Richardson 55 Drew Dixon 20 May Rudbeck 218 Brenda Heiberg 118 Aaron Sowers 54 Dutch Griffi n 20 Ryan Miller 210 Luann Rottman 117 Keith Martin 53 Phillip Buff a, Sr. 20 Amanda Buff a 203 Faith Moore 117 Alene Schlottman 53 John Tayloe 20 Kathleen Russman 201 Patrick Dunleavy 116 Jerry Shake 52 Dave Watrous 20 Lisa Smith 200 Albert Hesketh 116 Don Stewart 51 Th er esa Hill 116 Sally Franz 51 Th 120 – 199 Hours Claudia Hughes 112 Lindsey Westmoreland 49 e Tryon Palace Ellen Herron 194 Barbara Cornish 112 Bob Eddings 48 Council of Friends Jane Snider 192 Genevieve Moeckel 109 Kenny Collins 46 Cecelia Butchin 188 Joe Mitner 108 Ainsley Powell 46 Members – Only Events Ralph Linley 185 Barbara Jenkins 108 Joseph White 44 Preview Plant Sale: Th is Barbara Maurer 185 Betty Dunton 108 Stella Smith 44 Gail Tilley 181 “members only” special Don Mattocks 107 Cason Griffi n 44 preview sale of Tryon Palace Dottie Giersch 179 Pat Weimann 106 Rachel Davis 43 John West 178 Linda Cummings 106 Jackie Parish 42 Historic Sites & Gardens Helene Conklin 174 Sandra Hawkins 104 Robert Randazzo 41 annual Garden Lovers’ Frank Fiederlein 170 Amy Lunsford 103 Mara Graves 41 Weekend Heritage Plant sale Vicki Linley 168 Frances Grubb 100 Sonja Hawkins 40 Shirley Wang 168 takes place Th ursday , April Peg Domaleski 96 Charles Dettor 40 8, 5 – 6:30 p.m. on the lawn Loretta Chase 160 Dick Stern 95 Robert Libby 40 Phillip Buff a 159 Dottie Sylvester 94 outside behind the Museum 20 – 39 Hours Juliette Lafargue 154 Mary J. Robinson 92 Shop. Council of Friends Ludwig Hartung 149 Jan Conaty 90 Gladys Frankson 39 members have the unique Abigail Lorentzen 148 Emily Griffi n 89 Linda Pugh 38 Mary Slaughter 37 opportunity to shop early for Jan Beijer 88 the best selection of plants “B” Braley 88 Michael Miller 37 Linda Taylor 84 Alaster Bryant 35 before the sale opens to the Sally Whetstone 83 Jenna Poppe 34 public on the following day. Arlene Yeager 82 Briane Poppe 34 Your membership card is Jane Park 80 Ethan Poppe 34 Seth Poppe 34 required for admission. Kris Storrs 80 Annual Meeting and Bob Sylvester 80 Paula Poppe 34 Rae A. Griffi n 80 Lester Poppe 34 Luncheon: Th e Council of Monica Wilson 80 Edwin Pittman 33 Friends Annual Meeting and Sue McCarthy 79 Susan Pittman 33 Luncheon is being planned Hannah Wilson 74 Johnnie Smith 33 Padraic Godwin 33 for late July or early August, John Tattersall 74 and will be held in the new Joyce Scotto 74 Alma Vaupel 32 Lily Wilson 74 Edward Vaupel 32 North Carolina History Shelby Wilson 74 Jean Hawes 32 Education Center. Th is will Nancy Uhland 72 Annis Barnette 32 be an opportunity for Council Mickey Ostheimer 32 William Harwood 71 of Friends members to have Th Paul Switzer 69 Kenneth Limmer 31 e Fiederleins are long time Jean Bowditch 30 a look at the center before it supporters and honor volun- Hunter Langhans 69 Ann Kelsey 68 Dobert Owsley 30 opens to the public. Th is is teers- Frank in the gardens Gerald Trenholm 68 Mike Hattem 30 something you won’t want to and Joan as an assistant in the Ruth Powers 68 Lisa Gunn 29 miss! development offi ce. Helen Parker 28

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Council of Friends Board of Directors Th e Tryon Palace CouncilOur of Friends New welcomes theFriends following members who have joined As 2010 began, the Council of between August 31, 2009 and January 15, 2010. Friends Board of Directors bid farewell SUSTAINER Mr. Ernie Ensley, New Bern to D. Hayes Clement of Greensboro Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Bell III, Raleigh Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Le Vien, New Bern Mr. and Mrs. Greg P. Hatem, Raleigh Ms. Linda Marsal, Winterville and welcomed new board member Mr. and Mrs. Abbot McClintic, Raleigh Mr. Tim Murphy and Th omas L. Norris, Jr. of Raleigh. Hayes Mrs. Jeanne Julian, New Bern SPONSOR has served two terms on the board and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rianhard, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Neely, Jr. was chairman of the Audit Committee. Washington We thank him for his service and his FAMILY/GRANDPARENT Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Simon, New Bern continuing support of the Friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alcock, New Bern Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Staley, New Bern Tom Norris has been a member of Mr. David F. Bourque, New Bern Mr. Howard Stier and Dr. Catherine Chew, New Bern the Tryon Palace Commission and Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hollows, New Bern Mr. and Mrs. David McCants, New Bern Mr. and Mrs. Mason L. Williams, Raleigh now brings his board expertise to the Mr. Kevin McKnight and ASSOCIATE Council of Friends. Tom is a lawyer Mrs. Betty Jo Freeman, New Bern Mr. George I. Fenton, Raleigh with Poyner Spruill LLP in Raleigh Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Silver, New Bern Mr. Jason Jarman, Trenton Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Urquhart, Raleigh where he practices taxation law, pension Mrs. John Klecker, New Bern Mr. and Mrs. William Webb, New Bern and profi t sharing law, and estate Mr. William Lane, Ferguson, MO planning law. SUPPORTER Mr. Ralph Routier, New Bern Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bjork, New Bern Ms. Charlotte Smith, Greenville Lt. Col. (Ret) and Mrs. John W. Chandler, Mr. George Wahl, New Bern Richlands STUDENT Mr. and Mrs. Don Crawford, Boston, MA Miss Crystal Wallace, Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Debolt, New Bern Mr. Kevin Wallace, Jacksonville Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Dilthey, Raleigh

in one of her best vehicles. Orphaned of Karlsburg, and heir to the throne. early in the proceeding, Heidi is left After the Prince receives the equivalent in the care of her bitter, misanthropic of a high school education, the King grandfather. It doesn’t take long before decides to send him to Heidelberg to the sweet little child has melted grandpa’s continue his education. Th e Prince loves hardened heart, and the two “outcasts” the collegial atmosphere in Heidelberg. Council of Friends President Pat Nau- become inseparable. Feeling that the When it looks as if he is required to take mann and TPHS&G Deputy Director Alpine setting of Heidi did not allow his rightful place on the throne which Philippe Lafargue prepare to greet guests Shirley Temple full scope for her musical includes marrying the woman the King for the Friends holiday party. talents, the screenwriters include a dream has chosen for him, the Prince has to sequence, wherein Heidi imagines herself make the diffi cult decision between his to be in Holland and clogs to the tune of royal duties and his love for Kathi with Friends Movies Series “In My Little Wooden Shoes.” whom he has fallen in love. Filmed on location at Heidelberg Castle, this is the th Tuesday, March 2: Rob Holiday’s During this year of New Bern’s 300 original silent movie in “glorious black Documentary of the Council of celebration, the Council of Friends and white” with orchestral soundtrack. movie series will feature movies that Friends trip to Bern and the Palatine. have some connection to the areas from Documentary made by UNC-TV’s May We Have Your E-mail Address? which our early settlers came most Rob Holliday when he accompanied In an eff ort to manage resources more notably Switzerland and the German the Council of Friends sponsored trip to economically, we are increasingly using Palatine region. Switzerland, France, and Germany on e-mail as a means to communicate with November 30 – December 9, 2009. the Tryon Palace family. If you haven’t Tuesday, February 2: Heidi received an e-mail from us, or if you’re pril 6: Th Johanna Spyri’s perennial children’s Tuesday, A e Student Prince unsure that we have your address, please favorite Heidi was retailored to the Crown Prince Karl Heinrich is the help by sending your e-mail address to talents of Shirley Temple, resulting nephew of Karl VII, the current King [email protected]. Th ank you.

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New In The Shops Treasured Gifts for under $10.00 Th e Swiss American Historical Society was founded on July 4, 1927 in Chicago to promote study of the history of Americans of Swiss descent, of Swiss-American relations, and of American interest in Swiss history and culture. A late-comer among ethnic organizations in the United States, it hoped to add its voice to the chorus of ethnic societies dedicated to presenting their respective groups historical experience. Th e SAHS faced an especially challenging task since newcomers from Switzerland have remained, as Swiss, nearly invisible. Th e Society’s November 2009 Review is dedicated to the Tercentennial of New Bern, North Carolina. Th e Review is a wonderful summation of 300 years as daughter city of Bern and is priced at $5.00.

Th is book will make a great gift! Council of Friends discount applies.

We’ve moved! You can now find the Museum Shop in the historic Daves House, to the right of the Palace gates on the corner of Pollock and Eden Streets.