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Hike & History of Hollow Rock 3/20/21

Please join us on a hike next Saturday, March 20, at 10 am at Hollow Rock Nature Preserve on Erwin Rd.

Our quest – the hollow rocks on New Hope Creek that were visited by John Lawson in 1701 and described in his book in 1709. The book describes his journey through what is now North and South Carolina but few locations can be identified with as much certainty as this unusual rock formation in our own neighborhood. The route of our hike is relatively flat (one hill) and is dry right now but no guarantees. Please join amateur historians Steve Herman and Walter Fowler for a very worthwhile Saturday morning jaunt. There is more on the NHIA schedule that you will hear about soon.

We ask that all participants wear masks and practice social distancing during this event.

Membership Meeting and Talk 4/20/20

Monday, April 20, 2020, at 7 p.m. at the NHIA Building. Membership meeting that all members should attend. 

Monday, April 20, 2020, at 7:15 p.m.The Rankest Rebel Town.  Speaker: Ernest Dollar, Director, City Museum of Raleigh and M. T. Pope Museum.

Union soldiers fought their way into Chapel Hill in April 1865 under Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick (given the unflattering name of Kil-Calvary by his own soldiers).  The soldiers remained during negotiations with skirmishes in Orange County (and what is now Durham County). Learn about what life was like for soldiers and civilians at the end of the war in Orange County.  Talk is suitable for all those in middle school and up in age.

Light refreshments will be served.

Ice Cream Social and Open House 7/21/19

You are invited to the annual NHIA Ice Cream Social and Open House presented by the New Hope Volunteer Fire Department

Sunday, July 21, 2019
1-3 p.m.

4012 Whitfield Rd, Chapel Hill, at the Association building, and next door at the Fire Department

There will be ice cream and all the toppings, a bouncy house, and fire trucks.

Free and open to the public, though donations will be accepted. Invite neighbors who might not know to come, as well as friends and family. The children always have a wonderful time. Fun for the whole family. 

Meet the neighbors you know and the ones you do not.

From Regulators to Revolution: How Orange County, North Carolina, Changed American History 5/22/19

New Hope Improvement Assoc.

4012 Whitifeld Road, Chapel Hill, NC

The President and the Board of the NHIA invite you, your family and friends to a talk by Scott Washington on Wednesday. May 22nd at 7 p.m at the NHIA building.

The title is: From Regulators to Revolution: How Orange County, North Carolina, Changed American History

Free and open to all.

Please bring a dessert that can be shared.

Mr. Scott Washington was  Assistant Director of the Orange County Historical Museum in Hillsborough. He is an American historian, scholar. writer, and a lively speaker. Scott is the weekly co-host of “History Matters” on the Aaron Keck Show, broadcast on WCHL FM radio in Chapel Hill and heard throughout the Triangle area and on the Internet.