Alamance County Historical Museum
Cordially invites you to
Dinner with Myrick Howard
President of Preservation North Carolina

“A Retrospective: Forty-Five Years of Historic
Preservation in North Carolina”
Since 1978, Myrick Howard has been President of Preservation North Carolina, the state’s only statewide private nonprofit preservation organization.
A Durham native, Myrick attended Brown University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his Master’s degree in city planning and a law degree in 1978. In 2006, he participated in the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He teaches a graduate seminar on Historic Preservation Planning each year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Through the years, Myrick has received a number of statewide awards, including awards from NCSU’s College of Design, NC Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, NC Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the North Carolina Society of New York, and the North Caroliniana Society (UNC). In 1996, he was inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. He has twice been named Tar Heel of the Week by the News and Observer. Myrick lives in a 1939 historic duplex, his eighth renovation.
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:00 pm
The Inn at Elon
650 North O’Kelly Avenue
Elon, NC 27244
For reservations please call Alamance County Historical Museum
(336)226-8254
Reservations by April 13, 2023
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Alamance County Historical Museum
Cordially invites you to
Lunch with Elliot Engel

“The Wizardry of Oz: L. Frank Baum and His Classic American Fairy Tale”

Dr. Engel reveals the life of L. Frank Baum and the reasons for the enduring fame of his of his WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ. Using anecdotes, analysis, and large doses of humor, Professor Engel brings to life this most fascinating of fairy-tale writers.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
11:30 am
Alamance Country Club
2402 Pineway Dr.
Burlington, NC 27215
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This a continuing event
Plants will be sent at appropriate time for planting.
