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SUMMARY:Guaranteeing Her Right…The 19th Amendment\, Women and the Right to Vote
DESCRIPTION:The campaign for women’s voting rights lasted more than seven decades. Considered the largest reform movement in United States history\, its participants believed that securing the vote was essential to achieving women’s economic\, social. and political equality. Culminating 100 years ago in the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. the fight for women’s suffrage was not for the fainthearted. Determined women organized\, lobbied\, paraded\, petitioned\, lectured\, and picketed for years. Suffragists were ridiculed\, patronized\, and dismissed by opponents. yet they persisted and would not be denied. \n\nAlthough few of the women who began the suffrage campaign before the Civil War lived long enough to witness its final victory in August 1920\, their work was carried on by their daughters. granddaughters. and other women whom they had inspired\, nurtured\, and taught. Their collective story is one of courage\, perseverance\, and hope that continues to inspire women today. \nFrom the outset. organizers knew the journey would be long and that the battle for the vote would require tenacity\, resourcefulness and steadfastness. That resourcefulness was apparent in the efforts of South Carolina women like Anita Pollitzer. Susan Pringle Frost. Charlotta Rollins. Emma Anderson Dunovant. Eulalie Chaffee Salley and numerous others. such as Greenville’s Miss Jim Perry\, Eudora Ramsey and Mary Camilla Judson. \nIn honor of this monumental anniversary\, the Upcountry History Museum will present Guaranteeing Her Right… The 19th Amendment\, Women and the Right to Vote\, an exhibition that celebrates the centennial of women’s suffrage by exploring the stories of women’s struggles to achieve full citizenship. The project includes photographs. drawings\, illustrations. and artifacts that visualize the complex political messages conveyed by national and local suffragists. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored by: Charles and Tracy Hardaway and WSPA News Channel 7
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/guaranteeing-her-rightthe-19th-amendment-women-and-the-right-to-vote/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Highlight
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200809T170000
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SUMMARY:Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:They left in the middle of the night – often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. In the decades prior to the Civil War in 1865\, an estimated 100\,000 slaves became passengers on the Underground Railroad\, a journey of untold hardship\, in search of freedom. \nUnder the cover of darkness\, “fugitives” traveled roughly 20 miles each night traversing rugged terrain while enduring all the hardships that Mother Nature could bring to bear. Occasionally they were guided from one secret\, safe location to the next by an ever-changing\, clandestine group known as the Underground Railroad. Whether they were slaves trying to escape or free blacks and whites trying to help\, both sides risked everything for the cause of freedom. \nPhotographer Jeanine Michna-Bales has spent more than a decade meticulously researching “fugitive” slaves and the ways they escaped to freedom. While the unnumbered routes of the Underground Railroad encompassed countless square miles\, the path Michna-Bales documented encompasses 2\,000 miles and is based off of actual sites\, cities\, and places that freedom-seekers passed through during their journey. \nThe national traveling exhibition\, developed by ExhibitsUSA and The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, New York\, includes over 50 images and research tracing the collective steps of men\, women and children in their steps toward liberation. Unforgettable color photographs\, ephemera\, and narratives featured in the exhibition share the story of the Underground Railroad. \nConsidered to be the first Civil Rights movement in the United States\, the Underground Railroad included people of different races\, genders\, classes\, faiths\, and regions working together to covertly guide the enslaved from one safe location to the next\, until they reached freedom. \nSponsored by: Becky & Bobby Hartness\, Men of Color National Summit at Clemson University\, North Greenville University\, WSPA 7News\, and Greenville Technical College
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/through-darkness-to-light-photographs-along-the-underground-railroad/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Highlight
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SUMMARY:The Night Before Christmas: The Art of Charles Santore
DESCRIPTION:No other text has been illustrated by picture-book artists as much as “A Visit From Saint Nicholas” or “The Night Before Christmas\,” attributed to theologian Clement Clarke Moore. \nThe narrative poem\, first published in the Troy (New York) Sentinel on December 23\, 1823\, has been reprinted in everything from almanacs to advertisements; it’s been dramatized\, satirized\, parodied\, and set to music. It’s been published in newspapers\, recited on stage\, retold on film\, read over the radio\, performed on television and posted on the Internet. And most importantly it is a holiday tradition\, a classic that has been read for over 196 years to countless children\, poring over the books illustrations. \nThe poem was one of the first American children’s books to be illustrated in color and the verses are some of the most recognized in the English language. It has inspired- and is still inspiring – generations of artists. \nIn keeping with its tradition of presenting an annual holiday exhibition\, the Upcountry History Museum will transport visitors back in time through an exhibit that features the watercolor paintings from “The Night Before Christmas\,” illustrated by the renowned Charles Santore (born 1935). Santore’s beautiful images\, filled with wreaths\, stockings\, flying reindeer\, a moonlit night\, and\, of course\, Saint Nick\, bring to life the warmth and spirit of this holiday classic. \nSantore began his career as a freelance illustrator working for advertising agencies and magazines. Since 1986\, he has worked as a children’s book illustrator\, becoming one of the most respected and acclaimed illustrators of today. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art\, the Brandywine River Museum of Art\, the Free Library of Philadelphia\, and the Woodmere Art Museum. \nIn addition to Santore’s 24 pieces of original artwork\, visitors will step into the pages of the holiday classic through full-size wall murals\, video interactives\, and hands-on activities; along with nineteenth century children’s toys\, holiday trimmings\, seasonal greetings\, and an extraordinary dollhouse from the Museum’s permanent collection. \nDesigned for visitors of all ages\, the 1\,000 square foot exhibition\, organized in partnership with illustrator Charles Santore\, will appeal to nostalgia-seeking visitors as well as new generations. \nTHE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IS INCLUDED WITH YOUR GENERAL ADMISSION. \nADMISSION COSTS:\n$10 – Adults\n$9 – Senior Adults & College Students with ID\n$8 – Kids & Teens (ages 4-18)\nFREE to children ages 3 and under.
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/the-night-before-christmas-the-art-of-charles-santore/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200112T170000
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SUMMARY:Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost
DESCRIPTION:The Upcountry History Museum will invite visitors to explore real Ice Age fossils\, ancient ice cores\, climate change\, and engineering challenges posed by thawing permafrost when it hosts Under the Arctic\, Digging Into Permafrost. \nOrganized by the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI)\, in partnership with the University of Alaska’s Geophysical Institute and a Native Alaskan advisory team\, the 2\,000 square foot immersive STEM (Science\, Technology\, Engineering\, and Math) exhibition transports visitors to the Arctic using the sights and smells of the world’s only permafrost research tunnel. \nSixteen miles north of Fairbanks\, Alaska\, behind the door of a shed on a frozen hillside\, is one of the world’s most remarkable research facilities. The underground Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility offers a unique opportunity to view and study 40\,000-year-old frozen soil\, along with the ice\, plant material\, bacteria\, fossils\, and bones frozen within it. Dug by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the 1960s to study permafrost excavation\, the tunnel now supports a wide and growing body of scientific research related to numerous topics\, among them: climate change. \nFew people have the opportunity to enter the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility\, but thanks to the Under the Arctic exhibition\, visitors will experience first-hand what it is like to journey underground\, back to the Pleistocene. \nDesigned for families\, life-long learners\, and school groups\, Under the Arctic has a special emphasis on reaching audiences ages 9-14\, as they step into the shoes of climate science researchers. The exhibition’s research stations introduce students to diverse STEM-based careers. \nIn addition to the 30-foot long walk-through replica of the tunnel\, visitors join the research team to learn from hands-on experiments\, interactive models\, and exciting games that explore the causes and consequences of climate change. \nThrough engaging experiences\, visitors of all ages explore how the dramatic permafrost landscape provides clues to our past\, present\, and future\, as well as consider realistic ways they can positively impact the environment and establish professional careers within the STEM field. \nSponsored by:  Jolley Foundation\, International Paper\, Fluor\, GE\, WSPA News Channel 7\, and HDR
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/under-the-arctic-digging-into-permafrost/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Highlight
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200216T170000
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SUMMARY:Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny\, Real and Imagined
DESCRIPTION:Throughout the nineteenth century as Americans pushed west toward the Pacific\, they were fascinated by westward expansion in North America. Printed imagery – lithographs and engravings – played an important\nrole in the dissemination of knowledge and understanding about the West and its inhabitants. \nImprinting the West: Manifest Destiny\, Real and Imagined\, a special exhibition organized by ExhibitsUSA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, explores the potent imagery of these popular prints\, produced in the decades following President Thomas Jefferson’s acquisition of 828\,000 square miles from Napoleon\, King of France in 1803. Known as the Louisiana Purchase it set the stage for great exploration and discovery\,\nmigration and settlement\, in addition to struggle and conflict. \nWestern expansion was one of the most transformational elements in American life throughout the 19th century. Convinced that God wanted the country to extend to the Pacific coast – an idea called “Manifest Destiny” – many American citizens\, including painters and printmakers\, moved west. \nThe Imprinting the West exhibition includes over 48 works of art that examine westward expansion. Prints and engravings created by artists\, including George Catlin\, Frederic Remington\, John J. Audubon\, Albert Bierstadt and many more\, shaped perceptions of the West and its Native American inhabitants\, some of whom were dislocated by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Several artists documented the so-called “vanishing race\,” while others portrayed the western landscape. Much of this imagery was created with an east coast or international audience in mind\, and it both drew and promoted fantasies about Native Americans and the west as much as it documented reality. \nWhether real or imagined\, these images and the exhibition examine the birth of the West as an idea in American popular culture. \nSponsored by: Dr. Jeffrey and Mrs. Mary Lawson and Mr. Hayne and Mrs. Anna Kate Hipp and WSPA News Channel 7
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/imprinting-the-west-manifest-destiny-real-and-imagined/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Highlight
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190706T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200105T170000
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SUMMARY:Love a Vet: Honoring Our Military Veterans
DESCRIPTION:Since its inception in 1983\, the Upcountry History Museum has committed to honoring the sacrifices\, courage\,\nand patriotism of the men and women who have worn a military uniform. Dedicated to collecting\, preserving\,\nand disseminating the legacy and dignity of all United States military veterans\, the museum shares the stories of America’s conflicts. \nThe Museum annually honors those who served and their families through military exhibitions\, recording and\npreserving local veteran’s oral histories\, participating in the national Blue Star Museum program\, delivering\nmilitary history lectures\, and hosting Veteran’s Day and Armed Forces Day events. \nThe Museum\, in partnership with the Hunterdon Healthcare Foundation and the 52 Reasons to Love A Vet\ncharitable organization\, will host the national traveling exhibition Love A Vet: Honoring Our Veterans\, July 6\,\n2019 – January 5\, 2020. \nThrough art and artifacts the Love A Vet exhibition\, and its related programming\, will encourage the public to\nappreciate the sacrifices made by veterans and their families and educate on the challenging issues that\nveterans face upon their re-entry into civilian life. \nThe exhibit features 40 paintings\, drawings\, and prints by a diverse group of contemporary illustrators; many of\nwhom have been involved in the military themselves. Nationally recognized artists represented in the exhibit\ninclude Gail Anderson\, art director for Rolling Stone magazine; Steve Brodner\, political cartoonist; and Mike\nWimmer\, illustrator for Disney’s Lion King. Upstate artist Tina LeMay\, is featured in the exhibition. A Clemson\nUniversity Alum and Creative Director for Student Affairs at Clemson University\, LeMay’s contribution to the\nexhibition is dedicated to the sacrifices made by military personnel and their families. \nThe Love A Vet project was founded by Ella Rue\, an award-winning graphic designer and artist\, whose son is a\nveteran of both the Iraq and Afghan wars. Ms. Rue established the 52 Reasons to Love a Vet nonprofit and its\ncompanion traveling exhibition to generate awareness and to help veterans further their education and assist\nwith medical\, dental\, or mental health resources following their return home. \nA primary goal of the project is to raise an additional $10\,000 specifically for underwriting museum admission\nfor veterans\, active duty military personnel and their families during the exhibit’s 6-month display.
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/love-a-vet-honoring-our-military-veterans/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191020T170000
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SUMMARY:Down the Rabbit Hole: Imagining Alice's Wonderland
DESCRIPTION:The Upcountry History Museum in partnership with Walt Disney Archives\, Smithsonian American Art Museum\, Walt Disney Family Museum\, Charles M. Schulz Museum\, Daura Gallery at Lynchburg College\, and renowned artist Charles Santore\, will invite visitors to fall down the rabbit hole to discover an immersive enchanted world that draws together a remarkable collection of original Alice In Wonderland materials. \nInspired by real events and a real child\, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was dreamt up on a summer’s day in 1862\, by Charles Ludwidge Dodgson\, who later assumed the pen name Lewis Carroll. It is said that Carroll’s Alice books were the origin of all later children’s literature. In Alice\, for the first time\, readers found a realistic child taking part in a story whose intention was entirely fun. Both children and adults loved them at once\, and 157 years’ later have never stopped doing so. It was not only Lewis Carroll’s words that captured readers’ imaginations; John Tenniel’s illustrations brought the story to life and remain in our collective consciousness to this day. Tenniel’s artwork provided the original image of Alice along with the amazing characters that she met in Wonderland. \nDown the Rabbit Hole: Imagining Alice’s Wonderland\, a 1\,200 square foot exhibition\, organized by the Upcountry History Museum\, will explore the kaleidoscope of artistic re-imaginings of Alice from the 1860s to the present. Original Alice paintings\, drawings\, illustrations\, set designs\, puppets\, film costumes and props will reflect diverse artistic interpretations. From Tenniel’s original Victorian illustrations to costumes\, props and sets from Walt Disney Pictures Academy Award winning live action film Alice in Wonderland\, the exhibition will examine multiple perspectives of one of literature’s greatest paradoxes that continues to inspire imagination\, creativity\, and discussion. Rich with visual interpretation\, the exhibit will take visitors on Alice’s journey through the cultural\, technological and societal shifts that have compelled artists\, filmmakers and fans to return to the Alice tales again and again. \nSponsored by: WSPA News Channel 7 \n 
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/down-the-rabbit-hole-imagining-alices-wonderland/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190525T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190908T170000
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SUMMARY:Thomas & Friends™: Explore the Rails!
DESCRIPTION:What began in a young boy’s imagination in 1911\, evolved into a bedtime story\, a long running book series\, one of the most successful children’s television programs of all time\, and an international traveling exhibition. Today Thomas & Friends reaches 110 million households across the United States and an even larger audience through internet streaming\, DVDs\, and toys. \nThomas & Friends: Explore the Rails\, an interactive\, bi-lingual (English and Spanish) exhibition featuring the favorite engines\, characters\, and destinations of this beloved children’s classic\, will delight Upstate fans when it makes a stop at the Upcountry History Museum\, May 25 – September 8\, 2019. \nDesigned by HIT Entertainment\, a subsidiary of Mattel\, Inc. Fisher Price\, the 1500 square foot immersive exhibit combines hands-on learning with important concepts in science\, technology\, engineering\, art and math (STEAM)\, with an emphasis on developing 21st century skills. These ideas are woven and layered throughout the exhibit\, creating an experience that speaks to a diversity of interests\, age groups and learning styles. \nVisitors will find themselves on the Island of Sodor surrounded by iconic locations\, including Knapford Station and the Sodor Steamworks. Large interactive models of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends\, combined with STEAM challenges\, remind children ages 2 through 7 and their caregivers\, how “really useful” we all are. \nWith the series’ major characters being modes of transportation\, the world of Thomas is a launch pad for STEAM exploration. STEAM-based learning is visible as children identify problems\, ask questions\, seek answers\, and explore tools and materials. Selling tickets and fixing the train schedule\, building train routes\, fixing Percy’s wobbly wheels and loading him encourage children to think about the technology and creativity behind steam engines. \nThe exhibit’s combination of STEAM-based learning and timeless lessons – bolstered by the series’ enduring popularity and multi-generation appeal –support adult/child engagement and a child’s growth in 21st century skills laying a foundation for success in school\, work and life. \n\n\n\n\nLocally Sponsored by: Prisma Health\, WSPA News Channel 7\, Spinx\, Quality Business Solutions\, C&S Family of Companies\, Publix Charities\, and the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/thomas-friends-explore-the-rails/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190526T170000
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SUMMARY:Jerry Pinkney Imaginings
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum the exhibition and a companion interactive exhibit designed for children\, will explore the Jerry Pinkney’s engagement with literature\, his legacy of creating powerful images\, the joy of reading and the power of sharing stories. \nImaginings features over 100 watercolors and sketches\, as well as interviews\, objects and memorabilia that reflect the artist’s love of literature and his process of creating meaningful visual solutions that expand and enliven a narrative. \nThe exhibit’s immersive portion invites visitors to enter a world of literacy adventures as they step into the pages of Jerry Pinkney’s books. Interactive experiences and themed reading environments take visitors on a journey through the world of classic and contemporary literature including Noah’s Ark\, Sam and the Tigers\, Puss in Boots\, The Talking Eggs\, John Henry\, The Ugly Duckling and many more. \nDesigned for children ages 2 to 10 and their caregivers\, the three-dimensional play and learning environments provide\, children with hands-on literacy based experiences and adults with tools for cultivating literacy through everyday activities. \nExhibit Partner: The Norman Rockwell Museum \nSponsored by: Duke Energy\, Clemson University\, Clemson’s Men of Color National Summit\, WSPA News Channel 7
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/jerry-pinkney-imaginings/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190512T170000
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SUMMARY:The Original Mad Man: Illustrations by Mac Conner
DESCRIPTION:The Original Mad Man: Illustrations by Mac Conner\, a special exhibit organized by the Museum of the\nCity of New York\, features the work of McCauley (Mac) Conner\, one of the leading “Ad Men” of the 1950s and 60s. During this time\, Conner’s captivating advertising and editorial illustrations graced the pages of major magazines\, including Cosmopolitan\, Redbook\, Good Housekeeping\, Ladies’ Home Journal\, Woman’s Day\, and The Saturday Evening Post\, helping shape the popular image of postwar America. \nThe exhibit explores the enduring influence of commercial artists on 1960s fashion\, film\, music\, literature\, social norms and art; as well as one man’s prolific career in New York City\, the world’s media capital and the country’s publishing center\, in the pivotal years after World War II. \nOver 70 original hand-painted illustrations\, pastel sketches and ephemera from Conner’s private collection highlight his illustration process. Correspondence with editors and art directors provide visitors with a glimpse inside the dynamic world of publishing at a time when the advertising industry was at its height and almost entirely on New York’s Madison Avenue. Conner and his “Mad Men” (Madison Avenue) contemporaries perfected the art of the sale and transformed American culture. \nExhibit Partner: The Museum of the City of New York \nSponsored by: WSPA News Channel 7
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/the-original-mad-man-illustrations-by-mac-conner-2/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181201T140000
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SUMMARY:Family Fun Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the holidays Peanuts-style! To coincide with our exhibition\, Merry Christmas Charlie Brown\, we will have fun games and crafts that will have you excited and ready for Christmas. PLUS\, Snoopy will be here throughout the morning for a unique take on your holiday pictures! \nFamily Fun Day is included with your general admission.
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/family-fun-day-4/
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions,Highlight,Programs
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SUMMARY:Merry Christmas\, Charlie Brown!
DESCRIPTION:The holidays just wouldn’t be the same without The Peanuts gang. And for millions of people around the world\, it really isn’t Christmas until they have watched A Charlie Brown Christmas. \n\n\nCelebrating the holidays in true Peanuts-style\, the Upcountry History Museum will host the latest traveling exhibition from the Charles M. Schulz Museum\, titled Merry Christmas\, Charlie Brown! The Peanuts-centric exhibit invites visitors to enter the world of Charlie Brown\, as they explore the making of the 1965 holiday classic and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas. \nPeanuts had become a phenomenon worldwide by the mid-1960s\, and the Christmas special was commissioned and sponsored by The Coca Cola Company. It was written over a period of several weeks\, and animated on a shoestring budget in only six months. In casting the characters\, the producers went an unconventional route\, hiring child actors. The program’s soundtrack was similarly unorthodox; featuring a jazz score by pianist Vince Guaraldi. Its absence of a laugh track (a staple in US television animation in the 1960s)\, in addition to its tone\, pacing\, music\, and animation led both the producers and network to wrongly predict the project would be a disaster preceding its broadcast. \nContrary to that apprehension\, A Charlie Brown Christmas received high ratings and acclaim from critics\, winning both an Emmy and a Peabody Award. It became an annual broadcast in the United States\, and has been aired annually during the Christmas season since it premiere. Its success paved the way for a series of Peanuts television specials and\nfilms —and the rest is history! \nThe Merry Christmas\, Charlie Brown! exhibition celebrates the holiday season while offering visitors a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this holiday classic. Artwork\, objects\, and a video featuring Charles M. Schulz\, producer Lee Mendelson\, and animator/director Bill Melendez that details the sometimes magical and often madcap making of A Charlie Brown Christmas will be displayed within an immersive Peanuts-themed environment. \nExhibition organized by the Charles M. Schulz Museum\, Santa Rosa\, CA \nSponsored by: Piedmont Natural Gas and QBS – Quality Business Solutions
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/merry-christmas-charlie-brown/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice
DESCRIPTION:Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice is the first child-centered exhibit in the country dedicated to expanding the understanding of dinosaurs and their habitats. Designed for young explorers\, ages 3-10\, the bilingual (Spanish and English) exhibit features three distinct sections that build on a child’s innate curiosity about dinosaurs: Land of Fire (a warm dinosaur habitat)\, Land of Ice (a cold dinosaur habitat)\, and a Field Research Station (complete with a Big Dig experience). \nThe steamy Land of Fire\, present day Montana\, introduces visitors to the Triceratops\, T-Rex and the dinosaurs who called this environment home. Children can circle the land in insect costumes\, buzz through a volcano with oozing lava\, work through a swampy bog and identify an ecosystem of animals and plants. \nNo coats are needed for a trip across the Land of Ice where visitors meet the dinosaurs who made their homes in the cold climate of Alaska. Activities include: climbing rocky steps\, breezing down an icy slide\, and hopping across stepping stones in an icy river. \nIn the hands-on Field Research Station children and their caregivers don goggles and research vests\, as they uncover dinosaur bones in a dig station and examine fossils to identify dinosaurs. \nThe exhibit builds on the popular fascination with dinosaurs and includes science\, history\, and literacy based activities to challenge all ages. Sculpted\, touchable dinosaurs\, featuring\nthe most recent scientific findings about dinosaur colors\, textures and structural form create opportunities for young explorers to investigate clues that the dinosaurs left behind. \nSponsored by: GE\, BMW Group Plant Spartanburg\, WSPA News Channel 7\, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina\, Harper Corporation General Contractors\, and the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors.
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/dinosaurs-land-of-fire-and-ice/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Answering the Call... From Recruit to the Front Lines of WWI
DESCRIPTION:World War I. The Great War. The “war to end all wars.” \nIt was a war that began on July 28\, 1914\, and saw major nations of the world mobilize armies into expected alliances. It was also a war that three years later on April 6\, 1917\, brought the United States into its first major international conflict since its own battle for independence. \nDespite being woefully unprepared for war – possessing a standing national army of less than 200\,000 soldiers\, a lack of equipment\, munitions and training facilities\, no process for supplying and transporting an army\, and garnering more support for neutrality as opposed to entering a conflict not of its own making and on foreign soil – the U.S. rallied with extraordinary speed to overcome these initial hurdles as it found itself now drawn into battle. \nAs the first members of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) arrived in Europe in June 1917\, the impact of their presence was both immediate and steadying. The Doughboys proved up to the challenges presented by this new industrialized war\, persevering in unimaginable conditions\, forging through horrors of trench warfare\, and solidifying a greater understanding of America’s role in the world\, as well as the sacrifices required for democracy and peace. \nAnswering the Call…From Recruit to the Front Lines of WWI a special exhibition at the Upcountry History Museum presents an overview of the influence “the Great War” had on the course of history\, as well as some of the notable advancements made to the modern world as a result. \nFocusing on the experience from a recruit’s perspective\, this artifact-rich exhibit will draw visitors into the everyday life of the American Doughboy\, including what he wore\, what he ate\, the equipment he carried\, and the thoughts he shared with those on the home front. Drawn from local collectors and the Museum’s permanent collection\, the exhibit will feature original posters used to rally the public; postcards and photos from local troops stationed at Greenville’s Camp Sevier and Spartanburg’s Camp Wadsworth; arms\, field equipment\, and personal essentials carried by individual soldiers as they embarked on their journey “over there.” \nIn addition\, Answering the Call seeks to raise awareness of the roles and contributions of women and African Americans during the call to serve\, as well as the significance their participation meant to transformative social change in areas of women’s rights\, race relations and the economy as the modern era began.
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/answering-the-call-from-recruit-to-the-front-lines-of-wwi/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Picturing Nam
DESCRIPTION:Organized by the National Archives \nJune 16 – October 21\, 2018 \nPhotographs are a powerful part of our collective memory of the Vietnam War. Many of the iconic photographs were taken by photojournalists working for newspapers\, magazines\, or wire services. But there were also military photographers in Vietnam serving in our armed forces. They took thousands of photographs that covered every aspect of the conflict –photographs that are now a part of our National Archives. \nMilitary photographers were sent everywhere: the jungles and swamps\, forward bases\, hospital ships\, rivers\, and air bases. Un-sanitized and uncensored\, these indelible images give an intimate and ground up view of the war and those who fought it.
URL:https://upcountryhistory.org/event/picturing-nam/
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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