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Duffus discusses Blackbeard myths at museum lecture

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"Not everything we’re told about our history is true.” That was one of the key statements made by researcher, author and documentary filmmaker Kevin Duffus at the start of his lecture at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History on Sunday.

Duffus was at the museum to speak about the last days of Blackbeard, one of the state’s most infamous pirates. But Duffus, who has spent years combing archives for information about the pirate, said most accounts people have heard about Blackbeard are inaccurate. He said much of the history about Blackbeard and his men was only superficially researched, with most people rehashing the same inaccurate information. So he set out to find truth about Blackbeard. He asked those gathered at the lecture to reconsider what they have heard about the pirate.



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Museum camp to expose kids to pioneer life

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Children ages 5 and up are invited to join the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History for a week-long Hands-on History Summer Camp July 18-22. This year’s theme will be Pioneer Life in the Hollows.

Matt Edwards, executive director for the museum, said he is excited about this year’s camp because it will be a hands-on camp for kids that will expose them to what life would have been like for early settlers to the Hollows.



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Toast and Jam to feature Round Peak wine and Reggie Johnson

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The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History is hosting a free wine and music event in hopes to draw interest in museum activities. Toast and Jam will be held Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

Matt Edwards, executive director of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, said it is important to the museum to have people to come out and to learn what the museum has to offer.



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A dollar can make such a difference

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As many of you have probably noticed as you are out and about, there are these containers at many businesses that are there to remind you to give “Just a Dollar” to the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History. I think the campaign is a great idea to help keep the museum’s programs thriving.



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Annual Tartan Day celebrated at museum

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Curtis Clay, right, a member of the Scottish Heritage Society of the Blue Ridge, talks with a couple of visitors who came out to Tartan Day at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History on Wednesday.
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Plaid and kilts were the fashionable thing to wear at the annual Tartan Day celebration held Wednesday in the courtyard of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History.


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