Fact Friday

Fact Friday 347 - Lydia Schenck, Charlotte's First Black Librarian

Fact Friday 347 - Lydia Schenck, Charlotte's Fi...

Happy Friday! Lydia Schenck was born a slave to Dennis and Amy Lindsay, on one of the Lindsay Plantations in York County, South Carolina just before the Civil War. She...

Fact Friday 347 - Lydia Schenck, Charlotte's Fi...

Happy Friday! Lydia Schenck was born a slave to Dennis and Amy Lindsay, on one of the Lindsay Plantations in York County, South Carolina just before the Civil War. She...

Fact Friday 346 - The Craig House

Fact Friday 346 - The Craig House

Happy Friday! The property known as the Craig House is located at 900 Ardsley Road in Charlotte, North Carolina and is a designated historic landmark.  The Craig House was designed...

Fact Friday 346 - The Craig House

Happy Friday! The property known as the Craig House is located at 900 Ardsley Road in Charlotte, North Carolina and is a designated historic landmark.  The Craig House was designed...

Fact Friday 345 - History of the Cedar Grove Cemetery

Fact Friday 345 - History of the Cedar Grove Ce...

Happy Friday! More than 67 arcres of land once made up a tract of land that began at Beatties Ford Road and covered an area that now has homes and...

Fact Friday 345 - History of the Cedar Grove Ce...

Happy Friday! More than 67 arcres of land once made up a tract of land that began at Beatties Ford Road and covered an area that now has homes and...

Fact Friday 344: Meck Dec Revisited! - Powered by the Charlotte Museum of History

Fact Friday 344: Meck Dec Revisited! - Powered ...

Happy Friday! And Meck Dec Day! Was one small county in North Carolina the first to declare independence from England in 1775? The legendary Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence continues to...

Fact Friday 344: Meck Dec Revisited! - Powered ...

Happy Friday! And Meck Dec Day! Was one small county in North Carolina the first to declare independence from England in 1775? The legendary Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence continues to...

Fact Friday 343 - Voices From the Past - Powered by the Charlotte Museum of History

Fact Friday 343 - Voices From the Past - Powere...

Happy Friday! Today's Fact Friday comes to you from 'Voices from the Past,' which per their website, is "a unique living history event told by 30 portrayers telling the stories...

Fact Friday 343 - Voices From the Past - Powere...

Happy Friday! Today's Fact Friday comes to you from 'Voices from the Past,' which per their website, is "a unique living history event told by 30 portrayers telling the stories...

Fact Friday: 342 – Historic Preservation Month - Powered by the Charlotte Museum of History

Fact Friday: 342 – Historic Preservation Month ...

Happy Friday! May is Historic Preservation Month and that means that this month we celebrate history through historic places. What better way to do this to than to dive into...

Fact Friday: 342 – Historic Preservation Month ...

Happy Friday! May is Historic Preservation Month and that means that this month we celebrate history through historic places. What better way to do this to than to dive into...