Onslow County Museum is beginning its yearlong celebration of America’s 250th birthday with a new changing exhibition, “SEMPER FIDELIS: Onslow County Celebrates America 250.”
The exhibit opening is scheduled for Saturday, with a special “family free day” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The museum is located in Richlands.
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The exhibition recounts the story of Onslow County’s role in the American Revolution, introducing visitors to local people, places, and events that were instrumental in the shaping of the new country, according to the county
“In keeping with one of the central themes of the celebration, ‘A Gathering of Voices,’ Onslow County Museum invited a panel of guest curators to contribute to the exhibition storyline,” Director Lisa Whitman-Grice said in a statement.
The limited-time exhibit with colorful panels inspired by a graphic novel highlights seldom told local stories, and highlights the Naval Stores Industry of Tar, Pitch, and Turpentine from the Longleaf Forest, Black Patriots, the Colonial Family, The Revolutionary Ordinary, and the Colonial Courts.
Onslow County is one of 89 official county participants in the North Carolina Department of Cultural and Natural Resources A250 in NC commemoration.
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