Upcoming events at the museum

By January Costa, Director

& Curator

The following events are slated for Kings Mountain Historical Museum at 100 E Mountain St, Kings Mountain. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WAR & MEM-

ORY: A Commemoration of Remembrance

This exhibit is an introduction to “Decoration Day” and its roots within the African American Community to honor and remember Union Soldiers after the Civil War, how it evolved during World War I to expand to honor all American war fatalities, becoming a Federal Holiday, and being declared as “Memorial Day” later after World War II. This exhibit will feature Civil War, WWI and WWII artifacts and ephemera on display in remembrance of residents of Cleveland County in honor of Memorial Day in 2023.

Book Talk with Steve Zaley: “They Are Only Gone If They Are Forgotten,” Saturday, April 15, from 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Registration Required at link below

(Free Event):

A story of the 505 Parachute Infantry’s Third Battalion, Headquarters Company from 1942 through 1945. The author, Steven Robert Zaley, is the son of 505 Parachute Infantry paratrooper Stephen Zaley. The story is about the original members of the

82nd Airborne Division’s, 505th Combat Team, Third Battalion, Headquarters Company from inception in 1942 to demobilization of high time combat forces at the end of the Second World War. Books will be available for purchase.

World War II Living History Day: Timeline Event, Saturday, May 20, (Free Event), 10 a.m. -4 p.m.

This event, on the museum grounds at the Kings Mountain Historical Museum, on Saturday May 20, commemorates World War II Day. Step back in time into the camps of World War II. There will be various displays and reenactors on site to talk and interact with the museum guests about the US Military involvement during the European Theater of Operations. The focus of this living history event will focus on the Airborne Operations (Parachute Infantry Regiment) during World War II. Various uniforms, gear, weapons, demolitions equipment and communications equipment will be on display outside on the museum grounds.

Additionally, the Barber House will be open to the

Friends of Crowders Mountain, Inc. thanks volunteers

public with WWII cooking demonstrations with Susie Worcester.

The Kings Mountain Historical Museum will also be open with the exhibit “War & Memory: A Commemoration of Remembrance” on display with various WWI and WWII artifacts featured.

Presented by the 508th Headquarters-Headquarters P.I.R. of the 82nd Airborne Division.

The 20th Annual Reverse Raffle & Auction will be on Saturday, September 16. Tickets go on sale in June.

Location for this year’s event is the H. Lawrence Patrick Senior Center, Kings Mountain, NC. Every September, Kings Mountain Historical Museum hosts a fundraiser to generate revenue necessary to support our programming.

The Annual Reverse Raffle and Auction has been acclaimed the “best event of the year in Kings Mountain.” The museum invites you to join them for this event It is anticipated to be a sold-out event with 300 tickets bought by individuals throughout the region, and we offer a Grand Prize of $10,000! Each ticket is $125 (Entry for 2 People).

It also includes 2 drink tickets per person, heavy hors d’oeuvres, a 1 in 300 chance of winning the $10,000 Raffle Prize, along with other raffle items!

For more information on events, donations, and membership, visit https://www. kingsmountainmuseum.org.

The Friends of Crowders Mountain, Inc. thanks volunteers for hauling gravel, laying crush and run, tamping, and removing fill-in from wash down on the ADA Acces- sible Shorts Lake Trail on Saturday, February 25. We will announce future trail work dates when they become available at facebook.com/FriendsOfCrowdersMtn, www. friendsofcrowders.com, area newspapers, and access station/visitor center kiosks in the park. For information contact the park office at 704-8535375.