ELLERBE — A traveling history exhibit on the Revolutionary War made its way to the Rankin Museum of American Heritage this weekend.
The American Revolution Experience includes several panels arranged in a semicircle with tidbits of trivia from a defining moment in the nation’s history, featuring brief profiles of individuals who were on both sides — the loyalists and the patriots — along with maps and copies of documents from the time.
There are also several interactive kiosks in front of the panels to enhance the audio-visual experience.
The exhibit was created through a collaboration between the American Battlefield Trust and the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution with additional funding from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program battlefield interpretation grants.
Members of the Gen. Henry William Harrington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution picked up the exhibit from Lancaster, South Carolina, and set it up in the room formerly occupied by the library. The exhibit opened Sunday, Feb. 2.
Melissa Wall, regent of the local DAR chapter, said that among those who visited the first day were several local history teachers and a DAR member from Alexander County who made the two-hour trip.
Wall previously told the RO that this is one of the first times the exhibit has been in North Carolina.
Visitors can see the exhibit from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and 2-5 p.m. on Sundays.
The exhibit will remain on display until Feb. 16, when it moves to Rock Hill, South Carolina, and will return to North Carolina March 11-28 at the President James K. Polk Historic Site Museum in Pineville.
See photos below from the RO's William R. Toler.
