We are pleased to announce that we sold 150 bricks this year thanks to the efforts of the Brick team: Mary Ellen Watts Poole and Dawn Drabble.  As you might expect, many of the bricks commemorated loved ones who had passed away. But others marked major life events like weddings, anniversaries, home purchases, new jobs and retirement. A few commemorated individuals from Southport’s historic past like Anna Clemmons, a Southport suffragist who worked for the rights of Black women to vote, and Anna Davis, the first woman in Brunswick County to register to vote. And some bricks simply celebrated the joy that comes with living in Southport.   

We look forward to sharing all of these bricks with you this Spring when they are installed near Fort Johnston. We will be hosting a celebration in May – we look forward to seeing you then!