Sat, Aug 19
|Cedar Grove and HTHS
HEARTS Sacred Grounds '23
Learn more about the known and unknown sacred grounds on the site and within the surrounding area.
Time & Location
Aug 19, 2023, 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Cedar Grove and HTHS, 8231 Gilead Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078, USA
About the event
Join us in the Cedar Grove parlor on August 19, 2023, at 2:00 for HEARTS Sacred Grounds '23 to learn about some of the oldest burial sites in Iredell, Lincoln, Rowan, and North Mecklenburg, and enjoy art, ecology, and a live classical quartet too!
This month’s HEARTS (History, Ecology, Arts, Reunion, Trails, Store) event features a panel of esteemed local historians, educators, authors, and historic preservation advocates sharing their expertise on the known and unknown cemeteries of early settlers and enslaved people in our region. In addition, recent findings will be shared regarding the burial sites of some of the formerly enslaved people who continued to work at Cedar Grove after emancipation.
Featuring:
Betty Jane (Bee Jay) Caldwell, author, re-enactor, community activist, and historic preservation advocate sharing North Mecklenburg African American burial site history.
Dr. Gary Freeze, retired professor of history at Catawba College in Salisbury, specializing in the history…
Tickets
Sacred Grounds
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