Saturday May 2, 2015
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Museum of the Albemarle 501 S Water Street Elizabeth City, NC 27909
FREE
252-335-1453
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On Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 11 a.m. in the Gaither Auditorium of the Museum of the Albemarle, Dr. Douglas Butler, an independent historian and practicing physician, will give a presentation on his recent book North Carolina Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated History. The lecture also marks the formal opening to the public of the Museum of the Albemarle’s latest traveling exhibit, “After Appomattox: North Carolina Civil War Monuments, 1865–1965.”
Dr. Butler’s carefully researched book contains 137 photographs of North Carolina’s Civil War monuments. Between 1865 and 1965, the state erected 101 Confederate monuments and 8 Union memorials. Some towns, such as Hertford, even had monuments to both sides. Dr. Butler’s volume is the first to fully illustrate and document all 109 North Carolina memorials. Copies of North Carolina Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated History will be on sale for the event, and a book signing will follow the lecture.
Exhibit Opening
“After Appomattox: North Carolina Civil War Monuments, 1865–1965”
Join the Museum of the Albemarle for the opening of a new traveling exhibit, “After Appomattox: North Carolina’s Civil War Monuments, 1865-1965” on Saturday, May 2, 2015. The exhibition focuses on the monuments across the state that commemorates the Civil War. In the century following the Confederacy’s demise at Appomattox, North Carolinians memorialized the Union and Confederate dead in cemeteries and courthouse lawns throughout the Old North State. Some towns, such as Hertford, even had monuments to both sides. North Carolina photographer and author Douglas Butler spent five years documenting the state’s 109 Civil War monuments.
The Museum of the Albemarle’s new exhibit features Butler’s photographs as well as several artifacts from the museum’s Civil War collection. The display includes a rare photograph of an African-American Grand Army of the Republic reunion in Plymouth. The exhibit runs through November 28, 2015.