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| April 2, 2005 |
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| NC Civil War Trails Marches Through Cumberland County |
Melody Foote |
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Fayetteville - On Saturday, April 2nd at 11 am, Cumberland County’s seven historic markers in North Carolina’s Civil War Trails program will be officially unveiled. The ceremony will happen at Arsenal Park at the Museum of the Cape Fear Historic Complex.
The unveiling will include speakers highlighting the local and statewide initiative for this project, a ribbon cutting, reception and a driving tour of the six sites in Fayetteville. Eight are located in Cumberland County. This tour, hosted by Fayetteville’s Historic Resource Commissioner Bruce Daws will tie together the history of Fayetteville’s involvement in the Civil War from secession to Sherman’s arrival. The trails extend into Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia , West Virginia and North Carolina, demonstrating how Fayetteville’s story fits into the larger story.
In North Carolina, dozens of interpretive signs highlight Sherman’s course of action from Southern NC through Fayetteville, Averasboro and Bentonville to the Confederate surrender in Durham. The trail follows the roads soldiers used during the campaign. Other Civil War trail themes in the program include coastal campaigns, prisons, ironclads, factories, fortifications and families caught in the path of war. Nearly 100 Civil War Trail interpretive signs were installed in North Carolina in March 2005,
This historic unveiling runs in conjunction with Civil War Park Day, which features over 70 volunteers showing their hometown pride by volunteering to clean up Arsenal Park. Projects include edging and weeding, removing graffiti from the Ghost Tower and planning flowers. Park Day is sponsored by the History Channel, Civil War Preservation Trust and Take pride in America.
“This is a perfect example of bringing our history, heroes and hometown feeling to life,” says John Meroski, FACVB President and CEO. “It embodies patriotism.”
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