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Tickets for the Holiday Tour of Homes are Sold Out.
You may pick up your tickets which include a map of the tour, Dec. 3rd through Dec. 14th at the Ft. Johnston Visitor Center open M-S 10am – 4 pm
Thank you for your orders of Commemorative Bricks.
Bricks will be placed at Fort Johnston by Memorial Day 2025. Please join us at our May General Membership meeting to celebrate the bricks in the novel is still considered classic Christmas fare. Recipes will be included with this talk. Some tasty mincemeat pies and warm Wassel to be provided.
Charles Dickens influenced Christmas menus as we know them today.
Food historian Desiree Bridge will speak about the way Charles Dickens influenced Christmas menus as we know them today through his popular novel, A Christmas Carol. His novel helped make Christmas seem more family friendly, and the food discussed in the novel is still considered classic Christmas fare. Recipes will be included with this talk. Some tasty mincemeat pies and warm Wassel to be provided.
Looking for a last-minute Christmas Gift? Give a gift of Southport History
Free Gift Wrapping with the Purchase of a Book! December 14th at the Old Jail!
Cash or Check only.
Discover a Part of Southport’s History at the Old Jail Museum!
The Old Jail Museum will be open on Saturday, Dec. 14th from 11am to 5pm.
The Jail is located at 318 E. Nash St. Southport, NC
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“Old Fashioned Southport Christmas – 2020″.
This reading by Past SHS President Pat Kirkman was created for the Southport Historical Society’s “Old Fashioned Southport Christmas – 2020”, which was part of the City of Southport’s Winter Fest celebration. The celebration was virtual that year due to Covid but it gave us wonderful keepsakes like this vide
We'd like to thank the businesses and organizations that help us to achieve our mission of researching, preserving, and sharing the history of Southport and its environs. Please support them.
ADM Corp., Brunswick Arts Council, Brunswick County Black History Symposium, Brunswick County Civil War Roundtable, Brunswick County Historical Society, City of Southport, Downtown Southport, Inc., Federation of NC Historical Societies, Franklin Square Gallery, Friends of the Library-Southport and Oak Island, Historic Wilmington Foundation, Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library, John N Smith Restoration and Preservation, Inc., NC Arts Council, NC Maritime Museum-Southport, Port City Java, Ports of Call Bistro, RE/MAX Southern Coast, Ricky Evans Gallery, Robert Ruark Inn, Southport 4th of July Festival, Southport Beautification Committee, Southport Dept. of Community Relations, Southport Magazine, Southport Oak Island Chamber of Commerce, Southport Public Works Dept. Southport Realty, Southport Spring Market, Southport Summer Market, The Adventure Kayak Company, The Brunswick Center at Southport, The Old Baldy Foundation, Inc., The State Port Pilot
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