Old Wilmington Toured By Candlelight Dec. 11
Old Wilmington by Candlelight
will take place on December 11 and
12th from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The tour is sponsored by the
^ Lower Cape Fear Historical So
ciety.
Its purpose is to provide funds
for the restoration of the Zebulon
Latimer House museum complex
and the continuing projects of the
Society.
The Latimer House is the head
quarters of the Lower Cape Fear
t Historical Society.
? The price of a ticket is S8 per
adult or child.
"Things That Matter"
by lucitn
OUR ALL-AMERICAN
HOLIDAY
^ Psst! Hey, kids. You know that
? report on Thanksgiving your teach
er thought up to interfere with your
television-watching? Relax. I'm
gonna do it for you.
The strangest Thanksgiving
season I've ever experienced was
back in 1978, when I was tempo
rarily living in England.
The English had their own
version of Halloween. They call it
t Guy Fawkes Day, over there.
But, as November came around.
I kept waiting for the usual turkeys
and pilgrims and horns-of-plenty to
appear in the local stores, and they
never appeared.
Then the truth hit me. Thanks
giving, unlike Christmas, is strictly
an American holiday, born and
bred on American soil.
It all started back in 1621, when
Governor Bradford and the folks in
f his Plymouth Colony thought they
ought to do something to celebrate
the fact that they were still alive.
Not having any McDonald's
franchises or supermarkets in the
neighborhood, they had nearly
starved to death during their first
winter on these shores.
But. by the grace of God. they
had not only managed to eke out an
existence: they had also been able
? to grow enough things in their
gardens to see them through an
other winter.
So. in the autumn of 1621,
Governor Bradford proclaimed a
time of .thanksgiving, the main
feature of which was a three-day
feast accompanied by fun things
like shooting matches and. no
doubt, catch-as-catch-can wrest
ling.
^ To get ready for the feast, he sent
' out a hunting party of four men.
They must have been good shots,
because, in one day. they bagged
enough pheasants and turkeys to
feed everybody for a week.
Attracted by the smell of good
food and the sounds of revelry.
Massasoit. the head Indian king,
brought 90 of his braves to the
feast .
^ Not wanting to eat up the food
without doing something in return,
they went out and killed five deer,
which they gave to Bradford and
his folks. So. a good supply of
venison was added to the turkey
and pumpkin pie on the table.
Thanksgiving wasn't yet a na
tional holiday. The Massachusetts
Bay colony observed a lhanksgiving
on July 8. 1630, to celebrate the
safe arrival of John Winthrop's
| ships. And. by 1660. thanksgiving
celebrations at the time of the fall
harvest had become an annual
event in that colony.
By the end of the 18th century,
such celebrations were traditional
in New England.
The first hint of a national
thanksgiving observance came on
December 18. 1777. when the
| colonies joined the Continental
Congress in a day of thanks for the
defeat of British General Burgoyne.
Later, on October 3, 1789.
President George Washington is
sued a proclamation appointing
November 26 as a day of general
thanksgiving for the adoption of
the new Constitution.
President Abraham Lincoln pro
claimed a national day of thanks
giving on October 3, 1863. Years
| later, in 1939. President Franklin
D. Roosevelt designated the fourth
Thursday of each November as
Thanksgiving Day; and. in 1941,
Congress adopted a joint resolution
which firmed up that date on the
national calendar.
And that, young friends, is why
you get to stay home, feast on
turkey and pumpkin pie, and
watch ball games on the fourth
) Thursday in November, while Bri
tish kids have to go to school.
? GIRL SCOUTS
South Fourth Street, one of
Wilmington's most beautiful brick
paved streets, will be featured on
the ninth annual tour. Advance
tickets and brochures are availalbe
by writing Old Wilmington by
Candlelight; P.O. Box 813; Wil
mington, N.C. 28402.
For information call 919/762
0492 or write the above address.
Advance purchase is advised and
will be available at the Latimer
House, 126 South Third Street.
On the days of the tour, tickets
will be available at the Hart-Kenan
Carriage House on Cottage Lane.
Advance tickets will also be
available at: The Bookery in the
Cotton Exchange, The Brass Lan
tern at Chandler's Wharf, Belk
Berry Co. Customer Service of
Independence Mall, Number 211
Antiques of 211 Princess Street,
and Dee Gee's of 102 Orange
Street.
The warmth and charm of
historic Wilmington is experienced
during the tour by the opening of
the gracious homes and churches.
Refreshments are served, carol
ers stroll through the streets, music
is presented, a Christmas shop
bears gifts, and candles light your
way. This is truly an experience in
Christmas Past.
An additional attraction, The
Wassail Bowl, will precede the
tour. It will be held at the Latimer
House on December 10th from 7
p.m. to 10 p.m.
These tickets will include a
wassail, champagne, entertain
ment, a gourmet's supper delight
with suckling pig, and a ticket for
the tour.
The Wassail Bowl is a benefit to
provide funds for the continuing
preservation and interpretation of
the Latimer House museum com
plex. Tickets are limited to 100 at
the cost of $50 per person.
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