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Top row: Leonard Lanier and Larry Harding; Dohn Broadwell Jr., David Boch and Ben Hatcher;
N.C. Senator Wesley Meredith and Fayetteville State University Chancellor James Anderson
Middle row: Former North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson, former North Carolina Governor
Jim Martin and Jim Leutze, chairman of the center board and former UNC-Wilmington chancellor;
D.J. Haire and Rev. Aaron Johnson; Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin and former North Carolina Senator Tony Rand
Bottom row: Listening to the speeches; e official groundbreaking
Civil War and Reconstruction Histor y Center
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW WONDERLY
Nice weather and a crowd of more than 300 were on hand on April 18 for the groundbreaking for the first phase of the
North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction History Center. Speakers said the center will tell the full story of the Civil War
and Reconstruction and through these educational efforts will promote unity and empathy in today's world.