Sat, Aug 20
|Hugh Torance House and Store
HEARTS Event - Napoleon's Ney?
Featuring the Torrance connection to the mystery of Peter Stuart Ney. Was he Napoleon Bonaparte's Marshal? Cedar Groove Live Music - Classical String Quartet
Time & Location
Aug 20, 2022, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
Hugh Torance House and Store, 8231 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078, USA
About the event
The Mystery of Peter Stuart Ney: What Richard Torrance learned both inside and outside the classroom
Explore a local ‘history mystery’ at the August HEARTS happening at Huntersville’s historic Cedar Grove and Hugh Torance House and Store. Peter Stuart Ney has been hotly debated in our region for more than 150 years. Ney made headlines recently when a French documentary crew came to Rowan County to exhume his body in search of DNA evidence that could solve the mystery once and for all. Join us as local historian Dr. Gary Freeze explores this baffling mystery and why it mattered to the Torrance family. A retired professor of history at Catawba College in Salisbury, Dr. Freeze specializes in the history of the North Carolina Piedmont. He is the author of state history for the middle school level and a half dozen scholarly articles on regional history.
This month's 'Cedar Groove' welcomes…
Schedule
5 hoursHugh Torance House and Store Hours
2 hoursCedar Grove's Hours