Series of Elizabeth City Historical Markers to be Part of National Civil War Trails Program

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Elizabeth Evans, Cahoon & Cross
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Series of Elizabeth City Historical Markers to be Part of National Civil War Trails Program
(Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 17, 2008) – The untold stories of local Civil War history will come to light when a series of markers interpreting the period of Union occupation in Elizabeth City is unveiled Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. during a dedication and program at Waterfront Park.

The Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (ECACVB) and the Museum of the Albemarle will reveal six, illustrated markers that will be featured in the self-guided Civil War Trails, a national program that links Civil War battlegrounds and sites in 28 states and more than 800 interpretative markers in Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee and North Carolina. [read more]