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Southport Historical Society BlogLiz Fuller2025-09-14T14:33:56-04:00
  • John N Smith Cemetery on Natl. Registry of Historic Places

    Please join us in congratulating the John N Smith Cemetery on its addition to the National Register of Historic Places. [...]

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  • New Outdoor Museum

    Please join us in congratulating John N Smith Cemetery Restoration and Preservation Inc on the grand opening of their Outdoor [...]

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  • Gravestone Cleaning Class at Old Smithville Burying Ground

    In September 2021, SHS member Dawn Taylor of Carved in Stone Cemetery Preservation Services provided a fun and interesting class [...]

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  • Southport’s Sweet Life

    Mr. Willie McKenzie was one of Southport's first Black businessowners. He ran his Howe St. ice cream shop for more than fifty years.

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  • 2021 Scholarship Recipient – Caroline Richardson

    Southport Historical Society President Bob Surridge presenting the award to Caroline Richardson Southport Historical Society Awards $2000 to a Graduating [...]

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  • Juneteenth 2021

    The Southport Historical Society was pleased to be able to help John N Smith Cemetery Restoration and Preservation, Inc. (JNSRP) [...]

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  • Southport’s Fallen Vietnam Soldiers

    Out of the many Brunswick County men and women who served in the Vietnam war, ten lost their lives in [...]

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  • Light in the Darkness: Rebecca Long and the Bald Head Island Lighthouse

    Reviewed by Barbara Lemos McAllie Givens, Old Baldy Foundation, portraying Rebecca Long Keeping Bald Head Island Lighthouse illuminated was a [...]

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  • Celebrate 100 Years of Women Voting!

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