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Pilgrimage promises to build memories
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
This weekend our commu
nity will put its best foot for
ward as local residents open
some of its oldest residences
to visitors coming to enjoy
the Biennial Pilgrimage Tour
of Historic Homes.
The tour will take place
Friday and Saturday, April 21-
22. Hours will be 10 a.m. until
2 p.m. both days. Homes fea
tured on the tour must be at
least 100 years old to qualify
for inclusion.
Pilgrimage headquarters
will be in the town council
chamber at 504 South Broad
Street in downtown Edenton.
Those who have reserved
tickets for the tour may pick
WANT TO ATTEND?
■ What: Biennial Pilgrimage Tour of Historic Homes
■ When: Friday and Saturday, April 21-22,10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
■ Where: Headquarters will be in the town council chamber at 504
South Broad Street in downtown Edenton
■ Cost: $30 in advance, $35 at the door; Group tickets are $25 each
them up there. Tickets are
$30 if bought in advance
or $35 the days of the tour.
Groups of 10 or more will be
able to obtain tickets for $25
each.
On Friday night, from 7-10
p.m., Destination Downtown
Edenton will host “Boogie on
Broad,” a street dance featur
ing The Embers and some of
North Carolina’s best beach
music.
Other special events are
scheduled to take place at
the 1767 Chowan County
Courthouse that is celebrat
ing its 250th birthday this
year. Downstairs, tour-goers
will be welcomed by author
Harriet Jacobs (portrayed by
actress Keri Chiodo), who
wrote “Incidents in the Life
of a Slave Girl.”
Legislative
ROUNDUP
Steinburg
talks pilot
program,
marriage
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
State Representative Bob
Steinburg, R-Chowan, said
while he supports tradition ¬
al marriage, he dismisses a
proposal
that would
ban same-
sex mar
riage.
Filed last
week, the
new bill,
also called
House Bill STEINBURG
780, takes aim at the Su
preme Court’s ruling that
upheld a nationwide right to
same-sex marriage. Spon
sored by four Republican
members, the lawmakers
seek to declare the court’s
2015 ruling “null and void”
in the Tarheel state.
“Although I personally
believe that marriage is only
between a man and a wom ¬
an as it relates to that bill, the
matter has been resolved by
the Supreme Court,” Stein
burg said. “There is no need
to revisit that. The Supreme
Court has already settled
this matter.”
Soon after HB 780 was
introduced, House Speaker
Tim Moore released a state
ment dismissing the pro
posed legislation.
“There are strong con
stitutional concerns with
this legislation given that
the U.S. Supreme Court has
firmly ruled on the issue,
therefore House Bill 780 will
See STEINBURG, 2A
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Chiodo will be among
those appearing in a feature
film based on the book pub
lished in 1861 that is being
planned by T.I.M. Produc
tions, an Atlanta-based pro
duction company. Some lo
cation shooting is expected
to take place here.
On the second floor of the
courthouse, visitors will get
to eqjoy a special exhibit en
titled “The Art of the Table”
featuring china loaned from
Greensboro, NC-based Re
placements, Ltd.
Pam Wagner, president of
the Edenton Woman’s Club
that hosts the tour, organized
the exhibit with help from
committee members Susan
See PILGRIMAGE, 3A
STAFF PHOTO BY
REBECCA BUNCH
Juanita and Bill
Cawley from
West Point,
Va. admire
the paintings
in the John
Branning House
in this file photo
shot during
the Biennial
Pilgrimage.
Tourgoers
are greeted
by beautifully
decorated
homes
complete
with candles
and flower
arrangements.
Dream Comes To Fruition
PHOTOS BY REBECCA BUNCH
A large crane lowers a piece of the Hugh Williamson monument onto the ground Tuesday at Elizabeth
Vann Moore Park, previously known as the Queen Anne Park, in downtown Edenton. The monument honors
Williamson, a prominent citizen who signed the U.S. Constitution.
Monument honors Williamson
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Y ears of hoping, dreaming and
hard work on the part of two
local women — Beth Taylor
and Virginia Wood—has finally paid
off. Both are members of the Eden
ton Tea Party Chapter, NSDAR, and
their dream has been to see a monu
ment erected in honor of Hugh Wil
liamson, a signer of the United States
Constitution, who made his home in
Edenton.
On Tuesday morning preparations
began at the site where the monu
ment will stand in what has for years
been known as Queen Anne Park ad
jacent to the Hayes Bridge. The park
in the future will carry the name of a
respected local historian, Elizabeth
Vann Moore.
Taylor and Wood both have ex
pressed excitement that the project
will finally come to fruition.
“Oh, I am so excited,” Wood said.
“I am so grateful to the Lord and to
all the people that have helped make
this happen. Edenton has such a rich
history, we really need to continue to
honor it.”
Among those who deserve credit
for making it happen, she said, are
Rep. Bob Steinburg (R-Chowan),
who secured the necessary funds for
the project, and Edenton Town Coun
cilman Bob Quinn, who will serve as
chairman of the official dedication
Weighing
thousands
of pounds,
this engraved
monument to Hugh
Williamson stands
as a tribute not
only to his place
in history, but the
efforts of notable
Edentpnians who
made the granite
marker a reality
for generations to
come.
ceremony that is being planned on
Constitution Day, Sept. 17.
The $60,000 in grant funds came
from the North Carolina Department
of Commerce’s Downtown Revi
talization Grant, according to town
manager Amie-Marie Knighton.
“I certainly do,” Wood answered
emphatically when asked if she
See MONUMENT, 3A
Pay house
call to
doctor’s
exhibit
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Dressed in Revolutionary
era clothing, Dr. Key Stage
will be guiding tours of a
restored physician’s office
within the Cupola House
which shows how medicine
was practiced in the 1700s.
The office belonged to Dr.
Samuel Dickinson, who
owned the home way back
when medicine was prac
ticed by country doctors
who rode by horseback to
see their patients.
“Dr. Dickinson was well
regarded as a physician,”
Stage said. “I thought that
since he was the second
owner of the Cupola House
and generations of his fam
ily lived there until the 1920
or so, that it would be im
portant to have a lot of his
things restored. What we’re
trying to do this with ex
hibit is to recreate some in
teractive things that people
might find of interest.”
Dickinson’s office at the
Cupola House will open for
viewing between 10 a.m.
and 4 p.m. Friday, and be
tween 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Saturday.
Physicians like Dickin
son crafted prescriptions
within their chambers as
well as tended to other
matters that are now
handled by a multitude of
health care professionals.
Stage said syrups, pills and
various other concoctions
would be mixed using a
mortar and pestle - ele
ments of which are on dis
play. When Dickinson was
practicing his trade, Stage
said, a country doctor didn’t
necessarily treat patients at
See EXHIBIT, 2A
‘Prayer’ paves way to Kadesh AME Zion restoration
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
This weekend during Edenton’s
Biennial Pilgrimage, local citizens
and visitors alike will have the
chance to contribute to the resto
ration of one of the town’s oldest
churches, Kadesh AME Zion. The
church, located at 119 East Gale
Street, represents one of the earli
est AME Zion congregations started
in North Carolina.
A committee of community mem
bers with a joint interest in seeing
the church restored from interior
and exterior damage it sustained
during Hurricane Isabel in 2003
includes Sadie Riddick, a lifelong
member of the congregation.
“I believe in prayer, and I believe
God’s going to see us through this,”
she said. “I don’t believe He has
brought us this far to leave us now,”
she said.
The committee is planning a
series of fundraisers starting this
weekend with the sale at the Pe
nelope Barker Welcome Center of
pewter medallions donated by the
Edenton Kiwanis Club.
“I think this was so wonderful of
them,” said Audrey Bond, restora
tion committee chair.
A second fundraiser, a fried chick
en plate sale, is planned in May. Bond
said the committee also intends to
hold one fundraiser on the grounds
of the historic church.
Besides Bond and Kadesh pas
tor, the Rev. Michael Gaddy, mem
bers of the committee include:
Sally Francis Kehayes; Ben Speller;
Grace Bean; Kaye Barker; Julius
Leary; Darlene Leary; Larry Felton;
Ida Felton; Willie Drew; Barbara
Drew; Rosa White; Sadie Riddick;
Essie Jackson; Teresa Leary; attor
neys Sambo Dixon and John More
head.
See KADESH, 3A
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