Greensboro Historical
Museum130 Summit Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27401
Telephone: (336) 373-2043
Fax: (336) 373-2204
Hours: Tu-Sat 10-5, Sun 2-5
The Cherokee Chapter is sponsoring "Dolley Day"
at the Greensboro Historical Museum on October 6th. If you happen to be in the
area, do come. You can meet Dolley at 10:30 and 2:00, and see the power-point
presentation of how her dress was sent to Washington to be part of the
"1812: A Nation Emerges"exhibit at 11:30 and
3:00: There will be lots to see in the museum, too. The dress will be on display in Greensboro sometime this spring, when it is brought back home. This will be the first time in twenty years that it has been seen and probably the last time, too, because it is so fragile.
The museum has a trunk of Dolley's that is in desperate need of restoration. We're hoping to have it ready to be shown at the same time as the dress, provided we can raise the necessary funds. If you would like to make a personal donation toward this project, please send me a check made out to the Greensboro Historical Museum. Be sure to put "Dolley Trunk" in the space marked "For." I will see that your chapter and the NC society gets credit for the donation.
Thanks go to Carol, who is going to bring me the state
society's 1812 flag to use that Saturday! I know any children who come will
love seeing a flag with 15 stars and stripes.
I think it will be fun. I just called the Octagon House
in DC and they are sending me some brochures and maybe some copies of Dolley
Madison's ice cream recipe, too.Jane (Thomas)
1700 Leslie Rd.
Greensboro, NC27408-3618
