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I ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION AGENDA A B T ACT Meeting Date: August 29, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Oran,a Count 250 th Anniversa Celebration DEPARTMENT: Economic Development PUBLIC HEARING (YIN) N Commission ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CO TA T#. ianne Reid, ext 2325 TELEPHONE E IUt : Hillsborough 732-8181 1 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To update the Board on plans for the celebration of Orange County's 250th anniversary. BACKGROUND: September 9, 2002 marks the 250th anniversary of the first colonial court of n the County of Orange, held at Grayfleids along the Eno.River. A planning group—The Orange County 250 Committee— has been meeting regularly to plan a series of celebration activities for the year. Plans for the kickoff ofl~celebration have been finalized, as follows: s: On Sunday, September 8, the public is invited to celebrate Orange County's 250th Anniversary with a walk through history. Attendees may park vehicles in the lot by the Orange County Sheriffs Department on East Margaret Lane in downtown vn Hillsborou h. Shuttles will begin leaving at 12:30 pm to take people to Moorefields, near the site of the frst colonial court in Orange County. At Moorefields,lds, the Orange County 4-H will provide a presentation on farming in Orange County. At 1:00 pm, participants join in a 3.5-mile hike back to downtown Hillsborough, stopping along the way to experience Orange County history John Blackfeathet Jeffries, of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, will discuss Native American history in Orange County. Hikers will pass the old slave cemetery on West Margaret Lane and hear Jack Payne, an African American storyteller. The hike is sponsored by the Trading Path Preservation Association. After the walk, participants can return to the Old °rare e County Cpurthouse on King Street at 4:00 pm to hear a keynote address b ► Harry L. Watson, PhD. Mr. Watson serves as Director of the ' NC Center for the Study of the American n South and to-editor itor f its journal, Southern Cultures. He is also a professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of History. His specialties are the antebellum South, Jacksonian America, and the history of North Carolina. The Hillsborough Historical Society is sponsoring the address.