MHA History Calendar June 7– July 4, 2021 Admission charged at most events unless otherwise noted. Many of these events sell out so it is best to register at the web sites.

Input for the next issue is due June 30 for events July 3 through August 2. (NOTE: We will be sending the calendar only three times in the summer each covering one month.) ______Bulletin Board

The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room at the Main Library opened on May 24th. This arrangement will be appointment only with each appointment being for an hour and a half. At this time, we are requesting that you wear a mask. The room will be open 9-5, Monday-Friday. You can call 704-416-0150 to make an appointment. Eventually, the department will close again in either August or September as the staff prepares to pack materials for the official move which will take place in late October.

Hugh Torance House and Store is planning to open this summer. We are looking for several people who are interested in joining our docent crew. The commitment can be small or you can participate in our reinterpreting team. Please contact Sarah Sue Hardinger for more information. [email protected] or 704-906-6656.

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Charlotte Regional Film Commission is looking for an existing, large department store. The time period is 1970s. This location is for a film shooting in the Charlotte region. Contact Beth Petty 704-331-2723 / Mobile: 704-806-1791. 1

Topics for other events will be be reserved in advance. MHA early Cherokee writing found in Sponsored by the Arts & Science Are you the descendant of a southeastern caves; cultural Council. notable local, have to heritage and environmental researched or done first person impact archaeology; Maya Note: Museum does require pre- interpretation of a particular sacred places; the archaeology registration for any in-person notable local, are you have you of Black women and civic events and guests over 5 are been a docent for a site? We activism. required to wear a mask when would love to hear your story. Check back at the end of the they are indoors or may be We are seeking articles for our summer for specific dates and within six feet of anyone not in upcoming issues of the MHA Zoom information. For more their party Dandelion Newsletter. Short information, contact Janet Levy pieces run about 250 words and at [email protected] features can run to 1000 words. Historic Rosedale Pictures are great. Submit 3427 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, Arts and Science Council articles for consideration to NC, 704 335 0325, 222 South Church St., Ste. 300, [email protected]. http://www.historicrosedale.org Charlotte, NC 28202

704.335.3053 MHA and North Branch MHA Historic Rosedale continues to ArtsAndScience.org | CharlotteC are not holding meetings until have gardens and grounds open ultureGuide.com. the guidelines allow in-person Tuesday - Friday from 10:30 to gatherings. 2:00. Guided House Tours are The Charlotte Museum of being given at 1:00 every Friday History and the last Saturday of the Central Mecklenburg 3500 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, month. We fired up our NC, 704 568 1774, County blacksmith shop for the first time http://www.charlottemuseum.org in over a year on May 29th - it was a big hit with all the visitors Archaeological Institute of African American Heritage and we are looking to make this America Festival a more regular onsite feature. th th Chapter 333: Central Carolinas June 7 – 12 Our Monthly Haunted History Virtual & In-Person Tour is scheduled for Friday A special event will be held on Free, but registration required June 25th and we will host Saturday, October 16, in honor for in-person events only by another of our popular of the retirement of visiting Paranormal Investigations archaeologist, Prof. Michael charlottemuseum.org/events weekends on June 18th and 19th. Toumazou of Davidson Advanced registration is required College. The program will Celebrate Charlotte’s Black for all events, tours, and grounds include 7 speakers from across history and culture during the admission and is available on our the U.S., speaking on annual free African American website - www.historicrosedale. archaeology of Cyprus and Heritage Festival. This year’s org focusing on the contributions of festival is a combination of Prof. Toumazou’s thirty years virtual and in-person events that Levine Museum of the New of excavation at the site of explore dance, visual art, historic South Athienou (see also memory, and enslavement and 200 E. 7th Street, Charlotte, NC, https://www.facebook.com/Athi segregation through the stories 704 333 1887, enouArchaeologicalProject/). of those who lived here. To http://www.museumofthenewsou

support social distancing, limited th.org tickets for in-person events must 2 Hugh Torance House & Store Learn more at Afro-American Historical and 8231 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, https://www.iredell.lib.nc.us. Genealogical Society (AAHGS) NC 28078, 704 875 3271, P.O. Box 217283 https://www.hughtorancehousea Charlotte, NC 28221 ndstore.org/ (980) 505-7295 Lake Wylie, Cowpens & Email: aaghscharlotte@gmail. Reopening coming soon! Points South com See Bulleting Board for more. Facebook: www.facebook.com President James K. Polk /aahgs/charlotte Fort Dobbs State Historic Site Historic Site 438 Fort Dobbs Road, 12031 Lancaster Highway, Statesville, NC 28625, 704-873- Pineville, NC, 704 889 7145, Robinson-Spangler Carolina 5882, http://www.fortdobbs.org/ www.polk.nchistoricsites.org Room at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library June 26 All day 310 North Tryon Street, Reenactment of life at Fort Andrew Jackson State Park Charlotte, 704 416 0150, Dobbs when it was taken over by 196 Andrew Jackson Park Road, http://cmstory.org civilians of the Fourth Creek Lancaster, SC 803 285 3344, Settlement in 1759. (Our only www.southcarolinaparks.com/pa French and Indian War site rk-finder/state-park/1797.aspx Charlotte Folk Society nearby.) Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave, Charlotte, 704- Mundy House & History Center Historic Brattonsville 563-7080, www.folksociety.org of Eastern Lincoln County 1444 Brattonsville Rd, 4353 NC Highway 16, Denver, McConnells, SC 29726, 803 684 NC, 704 748 9090, 2327, Lake Norman & Points http://www.lincolncountyhistory. https://chmuseums.org/brattonsvil com/ le/ North Lincoln County Museum of Reopening in June Historic Latta Plantation History & Cultural Center Museum of York County's highly 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, 403 E Main St, Lincolnton, NC, anticipated permanent exhibition - NC, 704 875 2312, 704 748 9090, Ice Age Carolinas: Exploring Our http://www.lattaplantation.org http://www.lincolncountyhistory. Pleistocene Past. com/ Be the first to explore a brand new playscape as Main Street Olde Meck Genealogy Society Mount Holly Historical Society Children's Museum officially P. O. Box 32453 131 South Main Street Mount reopens. And check out Charlotte, Holly, NC. 980 277 1249, restorations made to Historic 28232-2453 (704) 568-1774 www.mounthollynchistoricalsoci Brattonsville's 18th and 19th- https://oldemeck.org/contact.p ety.org century structures. hp Iredell County Public Library Historic Brattonsville accepted to Rural Hill ’s National 4431 Neck Rd, Huntersville, NC The library recently welcomed the Underground Railroad Network Genealogical Society of Iredell 28078, 704 875 3113, to Freedom Program and prepares http://ruralhill.net County, now located on the top floor of the library in the Iredell Heritage new exhibit to tell the story of one Room. Their collections include of its freedom seekers family files, local history files, family Bibles, private collections, books, and much more. 3 Cowpens National Battlefield and the Native American Studies I85 SC Exit 83, Cowpens, SC, Center will respond with the 864-461-2828, meeting ID and password https://www.nps.gov/cowp/index. required to join the program. htm Contemporary Artist-in- York County Library Residence: Alex Osborn. 138 E. Black Street, Rock Hill, Thursday, June 17 6-8 pm; SC. www.yclibrary.org Friday, June 18, 6-8 pm; Saturday, June 19, 10am-4pm. VIRTUAL. Free. Anne Springs Close Greenway The annual Juneteenth Rock Hill Catawba artist Alex Osborn 2573 Lake Haigler Drive Celebration of Freedom will once demonstrates his work with Fort Mill SC 29715 again be a virtual presentation. photography, digital collage, and 803.547.4575 Scheduled for June 18 and 19, at drawing while working both www.ascgreenway.org 6:30 the 2021 Juneteenth Virtual remotely and on-site at the Celebration of Freedom will Center. Osborn’s virtual Culture & Heritage Museums include two unique presentations residency will feature artist talks 4621 Mt. Gallant Road featuring local artists, poets and and interviews, and will give Rock Hill, S.C. 29732 musicians. A youth program will viewers an inside look at his chmuseums.org be featured on June 18. The works-in-progress. Presented via 803.909.7312 virtual commemoration will also Zoom and Facebook present winners of the annual Live. Visit www.facebook.com/n Culture & Heritage Museums’ coloring contest and Dr. Ann G. ativeamericanstudies for Zoom sites reopen to public on June 4 Cain Scholarship award. Join at: links and more information. https://www.facebook.com/junet What’s New eenthrockhill/ • Museum of York County debuts its highly anticipated major permanent exhibition – Native American Studies “Ice Age Carolinas: Exploring Center, USC Lancaster Our Pleistocene Past.” 119 S. Main St. Lancaster, SC , • Main Street Children’s 29720 803 313 7172 Matthews Musuem and Museum officially reopens. www.sc.edu/lancaster/NAS Points East Closed since Oct. 2018 due to catastrophic flooding, and after Lunch and Learn: "Indigenous extensive renovations, a brand Languages of the Southeastern Matthews Heritage Museum new playscape emerges. United States- Past and 232 North Trade St., Matthews, • Historic Brattonsville’s Present" 704 708 4996, ongoing restoration and Friday, June 18, Noon. , www.matthewsheritagemuseum.o preservation work for its 18th and VIRTUAL. Free. rg 19th century buildings has made USC Lancaster Native American significant headway. And life on Studies Instructor and The Museum is open to the public the farm never stops; check-in on Linguist Claudia Y. Heinemann- Thursday to Saturday from 10 to the barnyard animals and in- Priest will explore the changing 4:30. season agricultural activities. landscapes of Native American languages in South Carolina and June 12 – 10 to 12 noon -- the southeast from the past to the Craft. Free present and beyond in this lecture. June 12 -- 2 p.m. Director's Tour To register, send your email of NC Pottery Exhibit to [email protected] 4 June 25 -- 2 p.m. Director's tour Union County Library 1500 E Garrison Blvd, Gastonia, of NC Pottery Exhibit 316 E. Windsor St. NC 28054, 704 866-6908, Monroe, NC 28112 https://www.schielemuseum.org/ (Please register for tours on 704-283-8184 ext. 5236 either day with www.unioncountync.gov/library [email protected].) Kings Mountain Historical Museum June 26 -- 10 - 12 Craft. Free. Lincoln County Historical 100 E Mountain St, Kings Association Mountain, NC, 704 739-1019, The exhibit North Carolina [email protected] http://www.kingsmountainmuseu Pottery: A Tradition in Clay will m m.org remain on display til late August. June 17-19 The exhibit features both historic “Thunder Over Carolina” PEOPLE & PLACE: THE utilitarian pieces, as well as more Historical drama based on the GILDED AGE OF KINGS contemporary utilitarian pieces, Battle of Ramsour’s Mill, Lincoln MOUNTAIN, NC and art and folk art pottery from County’s Revolutionary War June 22 to October 23, 2021 several areas in North battle. June 17 – 19 at the new Carolina. It is an opportunity to Woodmill Winery learn a bit about the wide variety Ampitheater. Tickets available FREE EXHIBIT: Opens June of pottery in the state from on Eventbrite. 22 and runs through October 23, various traditions. From Salt June 19 2021! glaze to red ware, crystaline to “Jean Laffite Revealed: The city of Kings Mountain, NC sgraffito, you will learn about Unraveling One of America’s was incorporated on February many techniques. Longest Running Mysteries ” Did 11, 1874 during the era termed Jean Laffite live out his final the "Gilded Age" which refers to The cleanup of Roseland years in Lincolnton, NC? the time period between 1870 Cemetery, 100 year old Historical Walking Tours of and 1900. This period of time African American Lincolnton at 3 and 6 p.m. $5. often evokes images of great The tour will be wealth and businessmen such as cemetery is ongoing. To led by Ashley Oliphant and Beth Andrew Carnegie, John D. volunteer, please call Hoke at Yarbrough, the authors. Meet Rockefeller, and G.W. 704-579-1688. He will give you them and purchase your signed Vanderbilt who became wealthy information on where to meet, copy of the book. Tickets on as the steel, oil, and railroad and what you need to Eventbrite. industries flourished. This bring. Thanks for your help. exhibit explores the beginnings of Kings Mountain and how the Reed Gold Mine Ramsour’s Mill "Gilded Age' in North Carolina 9621 Reed Mine Rd, Midland, 402 Jeb Seagle was a time of dramatic cultural NC 28107, 704-721-4653, Dr, Lincolnton NC 28092 transformation bringing new https://historicsites.nc.gov/all- technology, new consumer sites/reed-gold-mine goods, new patterns of living, Kings Mountain and and new opportunities for Guilford Courthouse National women. Military Park Points West *This event will adhere to social 2332 New Garden Road, distancing protocols and Greensboro NC 27410, 336-228- Gaston County Museum guidelines in place at the time of 1776 x232, 131 West Main Street Dallas, the event. Masks and https://www.nps.gov/guco/index. NC. 704 922 7681, #2, temperature checks will be htm www.gastoncountymuseum.org required upon entry.

Schiele Museum 5 House in the Horseshoe …And Beyond Kings Mountain National Aug 7 All Day Military Park Rowan County Museum 2625 Park Rd, Blacksburg, SC Old Stone House 240th anniversary of the 1781 29702, 864-936-7921, 770 Stone House Road battle at this site - the real house https://www.nps.gov/kimo/index Salisbury, NC 28146 and the real wall. Special events .htm 704-633-5946 and historical demonstrations. [email protected] http://www.rowanmuseum.org/e Kings Mountain State Park vents.html 1277 Park Rd, Blacksburg, SC 29702, 803 222 3209, https://southcarolinaparks.com/ki ngsmountain

Cherryville Historical Museum 109 E Main Cherryville NC

704/435-4116 704/619-3861. Cell [email protected] 240th Anniversary Race to the Dan Revolutionary War You can also find us on Reenactment Facebook Saturday, June 12th, 10 - 5 Cherryville historical museum Sunday, June 13th , 11 - 2:30 $5 Adults 10am _2pm $3 Students Opening June 5 Free admission for active military and veterans. New exhibit Family of doctor marshall Agner A living history and battle is sponsoring our new medical reenactment of the exhibit for cherryville medical 240th anniversary of the Race to history. Dr Agner was a well the on the grounds of known and loved physician. the Old Stone House. Cannon Local artist Blair beam has built firing demonstrations, battle a beautiful miniature walk in reenactment, military camp, fife doctor office. It is fully equipped and drum, and other on-going with items from doctor Agners demonstrations and talks about office. daily military and civilian life in American Revolutionary War period in North Carolina.

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