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"There are some Area Transportation and Local History very historic churches in our community. Museum and immerse yourself in the A historically black church, First Baptist rich history and cultural diversity for Church, was located on the site where the which Fayetteville is known as you Transportation Museum is currently. tour the downtown area and learn of "In keeping with that Downtown the significant contributions of African landscape, we'll be stopping at Cool Springs Americans to our community. Street at the Fayetteville Independent Light Led by Professor Charles Anderson Infantry (F.I.L.I.) Parade Ground to visit the of Methodist University, the Africangrave of Isaac Hammond, a Revolutionary American Heritage Tour on Thursday, War soldier and fifer for the F.I.L.I. who is Feb. 21, leaves the museum at 325 buried there. Another key site that we'll go Franklin St. in Downtown at 9 a.m. into is the Market House for a three-hour trip to see a permanent that visits historic exhibit on the history sites dating from of the State House and Revolutionary times to Market House. We'll the 20th century. see some very old maps "One of the things and information panels that is great about that trace the history these tours," said of that site from 1788 Museum Specialist up through the 20th Heidi Bleazey, "is that Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church century." they bring together Bleazey noted that a collection of the African-American Fayetteville public and take them on this eye-opening look at the businesses also contributed much to the Downtown landscape. They take another Downtown community. "As we drive through the Downtown look at the buildings they pass by day-inarea, all the principal streets in the area and-day-out as they're roaming around that radiate off of the Market House Downtown Fayetteville and see it in a new light. It's fun and exciting. Professor had African-American businesses within them, Gillespie Street being a good Anderson is a wonderful tour guide and example, so we'll be mentioning some has a knack of bringing information of the prominent businesses that were and making it digestible and fun and interesting to a wide range of audiences." there as we drive around. We'll be going to Fayetteville State University to see the The tour will visit a number of sites gates. It's going to be the most fun history in the Downtown area, including lesson you have ever had! cemeteries, churches and the outsides of "We actually have a couple of tours that historic homes. generate a waiting list, so we do another "We'll go to Brookside Cemetery," tour. Fayetteville is certainly interested in Bleazey said, "where a number of history and African-American heritage, Fayetteville's prominent and famous and we'll offer this tour as many times as citizens are buried. Some of the sites we the public wishes to see these sites and are physically unable to go into, such as know all about them. There is just such the home of the Chesnutt sisters. Anne Chesnutt is one of the sisters after whom a a rich history of African Americans in local middle school is named. Her brother our community. This tour, focused on the downtown area geographically, will Charles Chesnutt was the well-known help tell both a local and broader story of African-American author. We'll go by that African Americans in our city." home as well as the home of E. E. Smith Space is limited for the event, which to take a look at the outside. One of the costs $3 per person payable at the things that last year's tour really fostered was a lot of interest in E. E. Smith's home beginning of the tour. Preregistration is required, and participants are in terms of renovation. It inspired a group encouraged to wear comfortable shoes that were on the tour to try and push for moderate walking. toward getting a working group to the E. For more information or to preregister, E. Smith home to fix it up." please call (910) 433-1457, 433-1458 or While participants will not be able tour 433-1944. the inside of the homes, other sites will encourage a little exploration. "We will actually be able to go inside the Evans Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church KAREN POPPELE Contributing Writer, COMMENTS? and see the grave of Henry Evans, as well Editor@upandcomingweekly.com as Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church, which WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM