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Vote to approve America 250 NC Community Grant Application
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Introduction & Background: This grant of $30,000 is only available to nonprofits/community partners OR a local government in partnership with a nonprofit/community partner. The Chatham Celebrates America 250 County Committee is working in partnership with the Chatham County Historical Association for this grant.
The Chatham County Celebrates America 250 project will kick-off celebrating Revolutionary NC by commemorating the Cornwallis Corridor with historical markers. The markers will recognize the journey Lord Charles Cornwallis took through Chatham County as he retreated from Guilford Courthouse to the then British-occupied Wilmington area in 1781.?The corridor will serve as the starting point of telling Chatham County's America 250 NC story. From here community partners will collaborate to develop exhibits, speakers, live reenactments/performances, podcasts, storywalks, and interactive lesson plans that will lead participants through historical events spanning 250 years that shaped Chatham County. These activities will tell the narrative of When We Are Us? and will include the struggles for freedom and justice and the resilience displayed by BIPOC and marginalized populations. The project will cover topics including enslaved people's fight for freedom, the civil rights movements, and women's suffrage. The project will also include the people of Chatham County's strength and resolve as the nation was tested through a Civil War, two world wars, the Korean War, and Vietnam War. Through this historical lens, participants will build connections to the America 250 NC themes and gain a deeper understanding of how we became us. Lastly, the community will be invited to a Gathering of Voices, a series of conversations to find common ground. Participants will be given an opportunity to reflect on the Halifax and Mecklenburg resolves created at the time of the Revolutionary War; and be invited t...
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