Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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| Reedy River Falls in the middle of the city of Greenville, SC |
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The Falls were once hidden by a highway bridge,
but has now been opened up as Falls Park (KSS) |
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| Perhaps Anishinaabe Scout (KSS) |
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| Untitled 2003-2004 (by Joel Shapiro) |
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| Liberty Pedestrian Bridge (2004, by Miguel Rosales) |
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Foundation wall of early 1800s grist mill built by the
first colonial settler, Richard Pearis, who was able to
purchase the property because he had a son with a
Cherokee woman; Pearis later sided with the Loyalists and
lost his family and property after the Revolutionary War |
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| Fall Lake Falls (2004, by Brian Hunt) |
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Statue (2006, by James Nelson and
T J Dixon) of General Nathanael Greene who
was General George Washington's point man
in the South during the Revolutionary War,
and is the namesake of Greenville, SC |
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The museum highlighted the differences
between the Upcountry and the Lowcountry/
Lower Coastal Plain of Georgia |
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| Pepsi-Cola sponsored a vending machine refreshment corner |
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| Cherokee Burden Basket reproduction |
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| Tamiko with Richard Pearis |
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Facsimile of the Mansion House, a hotel in 19C Greenville
that catered to Lowcountry planters in the summer |
Clyde Butcher's America the Beautiful (yes, it's Clyde Butcher again!):
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| Saguaro #1 (Saguaro National Park, Arizona) |
Butcher's philosophy, "the world is round," means that whatever we do, it is not in isolation, but has an effect on others across borders and oceans. He hopes his images will transcend political boundaries to realize the need to work together to keep our planet beautiful with clean air and clean water.
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| Sand Dunes #1 (Glamis, CA) |
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| Agawamuck Falls #3 (Chatham, NY)_ |
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Factory Falls #34 (Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area, PA) |
Crossroads and Transitions:
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Dr Mac Arnold's Gas Can Guitar from
his early days as a blues musician |
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Display about "Shoeless Joe" Jackson who started his
baseball career on the Greenville Brandon Mills team
at age 13, and went on to play for the Chicago White Sox |
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Greenville was once known as the Textile Capital
of the World because of its many mills |
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The Spirit of the American Doughboy
(1921, by E M Viquesney) |
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Memory Lives On:
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We enter the D-day exhibit through a Higgins Boat,
a Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel/LCVP |
Black Pioneers: Legacy In The American West (as memorialized through quilts):
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Langston Hughes, Pioneer Poet (2021, by
Tierney Davis Hogan) (KSS) |
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The Truth Hurts: Riches, Resentment,
Revenge, RIOTS (2021, by Carolyn Crump)
is about the Tulsa Massacre in Greenwood, OK |
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It Took a Village (2021, by Selena Sullivan)
about the Lewis & Clark expedition |
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Empowerment in a Tin (2021, by Wendy Kendrick)
about Madam C J Walker |
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The Spelling Words (2021, by Gwendolyn
Aqui-Brooks) about Elizabeth Thorn
Scott Flood, an educator |
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Call Me Mrs Mary E Pleasant: The Midas Touch (2021,
by L'Merchie Frazier) about a Gold Rush-era entrepreneur |
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Cathay Williams aka William Cathay: Female Buffalo Soldier
(2021, by Georgia Williams) about a woman who disguised
herself as a man to join the United States Army |
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Oscar Michaux (2021, by Carolyn Crump)
about the first Black American filmmaker (KSS) |
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| Midwest American Pottery collection |
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