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Category: History

Gettysburg Address | November 18, 2017

October 9, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws

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Annual Historic Haunted Trail

September 24, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws

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Corn on Walkup Road

Where was a Revolutionary War Battle fought in Waxhaw?

July 2, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws 2 Comments

The Waxhaw’s Colonial Settlement Long before Waxhaw was a town, it was part of the colonial “Waxhaws Settlement,” which encompassed…

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Overhead Bridge

Symbols of a Small Town

June 24, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws

By Penny Niven for the 1967 edition of The Wisackyola Historical Festival Review, Waxhaw, NC We used to vie for the…

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Waxhaw Road

Where is this Waxhaw Road?

June 18, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws 2 Comments

Would you expect to find the name Waxhaw or Waxhaws anywhere other than in Union County, NC or Lancaster County,…

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The Great Pirate Invasion

June 16, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws

Join us for the 5th Annual Pirate Invasion! The grounds of the museum will experience an invasion by the rowdiest…

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Old Waxhaw Storytelling

June 15, 2017 Museum of the Waxhaws

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