Preserving the Past for the Future
Program Schedule (Updated February 2018) Date
Event
Presenter(s)
Location
Steven Campbell Historian
Stanly County Public Library Lower Level Meeting Room 133 East Main Street Albemarle First Baptist Church Fellowship Center North 2nd Street - Albemarle
Delivery Upon the Delaware Monday January 22 6:30 pm
(In the middle of winter 1776 U.S. troops crossed the Delaware River to save our Revolution.)
Saturday February 24 9 am -12:30
Stanly County Heritage Workshop
Wanda Gantt Jeff Michael Pat Bramlett Janice Mitchener
Tuesday March 20 6:30 pm
A Poor Boy’s Dream (The story of an artist’s dream come true)
Roger S. Thomas Artist
Thursday April 26 6:30 pm
Brad Perry will tell about his unique Apollo 15 & 16 mission experiences and his career with NASA
May 7-25
Quilt Show
Thursday May 17 6:30 pm
Stanly County’s One Room School Houses
Brad Perry AHS graduate & aerospace engineering graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology In cooperation with Falling Rivers Gallery JC Boone Local author & Historian
Annual membership dinner Thursday June 7 6:00 pm
A home-cooked buffet dinner Members Only (Contact Stanly County Historical Society to join)
Rusty Carter Discussing his Pulitzer Prize winning father
August
A Career with the United Nations and Albemarle’s Influence
O.J. Sikes Also, a music historian and nationally syndicated reviewer of western music
Date TBD Sunday September 30 2:00 pm Sunday November 11 2:30 pm
Building Albemarle: A look at historic buildings in downtown Albemarle and the men who built them. WWI Remembered (Join us to observe 100 years since the Armistice of 1918)
Lewis Bramlett Researcher and Historian Charlie Knight Curator of Military History NC Museum of History
Central United Methodist Church 172 N. 2nd Street - Albemarle (Followed by visit to see artwork at the Stanly County History Center)
Central United Methodist Church 172 N. 2nd Street – Albemarle (Followed by Exhibit at Stanly County History Center)
Quilt display at Stanly County History Center and Snuggs House First Baptist Church Fellowship Center North 2nd Street - Albemarle Central United Methodist Church Fellowship Center 172 N. 2nd Street – Albemarle
TBD Central United Methodist Church 172 N. 2nd Street – Albemarle (Followed by optional walking tour to building sites.) Walter B. Hill Event Center 24302 Hwy 52 South (Stanly County Fairgrounds)
For information regarding programs, membership, museum exhibits, hours, etc. call the Stanly County History Center 704-986-3777 or email historicstanly@gmail.com
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