HISTORIC EDENTON TRIVIA NIGHT

About 100 people gathered at the Edenton Bay Trading Company on Sept. 17 to put their knowledge of local history to the test during a Constitution Week trivia night.

The event, “Pour Me a Fact: Historic Edenton Trivia,” invited teams to answer questions about Edenton’s past. The lively turnout filled the business, owned by Malcolm and Debbie King, with neighbors ready to compare answers and share a few stories of their own.

Hosted by FOSHE Edenton, the evening offered a lighthearted way to mark Constitution Week. Edenton’s history provided plenty of material for the questions, while the team format gave participants a chance to learn from one another along the way.

For an event built around the past, the crowd of about 100 made one thing clear: Edentonians still enjoy coming together to celebrate their town’s story.

DAR SPONSORED BELLS ACROSS AMERICA

The Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a Constitution Day ceremony Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Hugh Williamson Memorial in Elizabeth Vann Moore Park.

The ceremony brought attention to both the Constitution and a monument that took more than two decades of local effort to build. In a history of the memorial prepared for the event, Beth Taylor traced the project to an idea Virginia Wood presented to the DAR chapter about 26 years ago: honoring Hugh Williamson, a signer of the U.S. Constitution who lived in Edenton.

According to Taylor’s account, Wood and Taylor presented the proposal to the Chowan County commissioners, who approved the project. Commissioner appointments followed in 2002, and a design for the memorial received approval in 2003. The effort lost its funding in 2009 during the recession, but regained momentum in 2015 when Mayor Roland Vaughan and State Historic Sites Director Bob Hopkins supported placing the monument in Elizabeth Vann Moore Park.

Taylor wrote that Frank Parker prepared a design, cost estimate and site plan. Funding was announced in 2016 after the North Carolina General Assembly approved the project. The monument was installed in April 2017 and dedicated on Constitution Day that year.

“Two words best describe this project — patience and perseverance,” Taylor wrote in her history. She credited Wood’s vision and the work of many others with making the memorial a reality.

This year’s program included remarks by chapter Regent Bonnie Henn and Constitution Day Chair Caroline Butler, a wreath laying, and a presentation by guest speaker Dick Mayer titled The Life and Times of Hugh Williamson . Sandra Williams, the chapter’s chaplain, offered the devotion and benediction.

FRIDAY FOODS, FINDS, & CAPITAL UPPER CRUST

FRIDAY FOODS, FINDS, & CAPITAL UPPER CRUST

The Capital Pizza Tavern gave Edenton a taste of what is to come Friday evening, serving pizza and wings to town residents and visitors at Friday Foods & Finds on South Broad Street.

Members of the tavern’s team were on hand to answer questions about the menu and the restaurant’s upcoming opening. The business is preparing for a soft opening around Oct. 3.

The Sept. 18 event brought food trucks, music and downtown shopping together to enjoy the gateway evening for a busy weekend. Residents caught up with friends while critiquing pizza and wings,  while visitors had a chance to explore the shops and businesses nearby.

Friday Foods & Finds is supported by Main Street Edenton, Visit Edenton and Surf, Wind and Fire.

BACON & EGGS @ MARKET PIG PICKIN'

FRIDAY FOODS, FINDS, & CAPITAL UPPER CRUST

Pulled pork and playful costumes brought  neighbors together at market last Saturday. The Edenton Farmers Market served a Community Pig Pickin’ on Saturday, Sept. 19, with free food, local vendors and two women dressed as bacon and an egg adding a little humor to the day.

Lee’s Hill Top Farm cooked the pork for the community meal. The small family farm is based in Oxford, North Carolina, where the Lee family has farmed for five generations. The family began raising its own beef, pork, lamb and chicken, along with seasonal vegetables

to offer healthy foods.

Market vendors offered produce, baked goods, seafood and artisan goods. Many also volunteered behind the scenes to help make the meal possible. The free event was funded by BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina.

The market’s next celebration, its Community Appreciation/Fall Festival , is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.