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Women Who Made Southport Banners

Curious to know more about the women featured on the banners of Women who made Southport? 

Click the image for more information. 

Have a suggestion for additional women we should honor next year?

We’ll be asking for information later this year. 

 

       

The Brunswick County Old Jail Museum
will open for the season starting April 2nd.
Wednesdays and Saturdays 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm 

                               Located at the corner of Nash and Rhett Streets                                   Donations Appreciated.     

 

Second Tuesday Talks

                 Brunswick Little Theater: A Founder’s Story       Presented by Stuart Callari

Join us for a special morning with 91-year-old Stuart Callari, one of the founding members of the Brunswick Little Theater.

                                                         Place: Harper Library                                                                                                                Date: Tuesday, April 8th                                                                        Time: 10 am

     Reservations suggested: 910-457-6237     

 

                             

                     Southport’s Women’s History Banners                      Look for the 14 Southport Women’s History Banners on Howe St. in March! Thank you and Congratulations to the Southport Historical Society/City of Southport team that made it happen: Donna Rowntree, Jessie Labell, Carolyn Lucas, Donnie Joyner, Allayna Taylor, Liz Fuller and our SHS intern Jayme-Ray deMaudesley. 

 

 

                                  In case you missed it:                                      Charles Clemmons discusses Reconstruction in North Carolina and how his family’s history helped inform his historical fiction book Aila’s Journal.  

         

                                                        

 

        

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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